Jim Stynes

Jim Stynes
OAM
Jim Stynes; OAM
	Stynes in 2008
Personal information
Full name	James Peter Stynes
Date of birth	23 April 1966
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Date of death	20 March 2012 (aged 45)
Place of death	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Ballyboden St Enda's (club)/Dublin (underage, county team)
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
1987–1998	Melbourne
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1990–1994	Victoria
International team honours
1987–88, 1998	Australia
1990	Ireland
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1998.
Career highlights
	Melbourne Night Premiership: (1987); 2× All-Australian team: (1991, 1993); Brownlow Medal: (1991); Leigh Matthews Trophy: (1991); 4× Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal: (1991, 1995, 1996, 1997); Most consecutive games in VFL/AFL history (244); Melbourne Team of the Century (Interchange); Australian Football Hall of Fame: 2003; Melbourne Hall of Fame; Australian Sports Medal: 2000;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Peter Stynes OAM (23 April 1966 – 20 March 2012) was an Irish footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football and the first international player to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2003. Playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), he was one of the game's most prominent figures, setting the record for most consecutive games of VFL/AFL football with 244 (until it was beaten by Jack Crisp in 2025) and winning the sport's highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal, in 1991. Off the field, he was a notable AFL administrator, philanthropist, charity worker and writer.