David Rhys-Jones
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Personal information | |||
Full name | David Rhys-Jones | ||
Date of birth | 16 June 1962 | ||
Original team(s) | Oakleigh District | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1980–1984 | South Melbourne/Sydney | 76 (39) | |
1985–1992 | Carlton | 106 | (73)|
Total | 182 (112) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
David Rhys-Jones (born 16 June 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Rhys-Jones's reputation as a footballer is somewhat sullied by his regular visits to the
Career
Rhys-Jones began his career with South Melbourne in 1980, which relocated north becoming the Sydney Swans in 1982. He moved back south to join Carlton in 1985 after a pay dispute. He remained with Carlton until his retirement in 1992. Rhys-Jones was a superbly balanced footballer, capable of playing in multiple positions and equally adept as a goalkicking option as he was at shutting down opponents. His nullifying of Dermott Brereton in the 1987 Grand Final earned Rhys-Jones the Norm Smith Medal. He was awarded nine Brownlow Medal votes that year.
In 1992, Rhys-Jones was appointed captain-coach of the
In 2000, he was appointed coach of Heidelberg Football Club. After a run of injuries in 2001, he decided to pull on the boots himself. The tribunal ruling that he was not allowed on the field forced Rhys-Jones to give his quarter-time team addresses from behind the boundary line. The following year, he announced in his biography that he used cocaine during his playing career.
Statistics
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Played in that season's premiership team |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
1980 | Sydney | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 44 | 10 | — | 0.8 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 11.0 | 2.5 | — | 0 |
1981 | Sydney | 30 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 175 | 108 | 283 | 56 | — | 0.1 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 3.1 | — | 3 |
1982 | Sydney | 30 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 186 | 168 | 354 | 59 | — | 0.1 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 16.9 | 2.8 | — | 1 |
1983 | Sydney | 30 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 154 | 115 | 269 | 58 | — | 0.6 | 0.4 | 11.0 | 8.2 | 19.2 | 4.1 | — | 0 |
1984 | Sydney | 30 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 178 | 127 | 305 | 64 | — | 1.2 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 16.0 | 3.4 | — | 0 |
1985 | Carlton | 26 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 156 | 153 | 309 | 59 | — | 1.2 | 0.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 16.3 | 3.1 | — | 2 |
1986 | Carlton | 26 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 166 | 134 | 300 | 70 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 17.6 | 4.1 | — | 3 |
1987# | Carlton | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 172 | 166 | 338 | 64 | 21 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 16.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 9 |
1988 | Carlton | 26 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 150 | 111 | 261 | 69 | 33 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 13.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3 |
1989 | Carlton | 26 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 129 | 143 | 272 | 69 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 17.0 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0 |
1990 | Carlton | 26 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 52 | 46 | 98 | 26 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0 |
1991 | Carlton | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
1992 | Carlton | 26 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
Career | 182 | 112 | 78 | 1578 | 1310 | 2888 | 613 | 96 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 15.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 21 |
Honours and achievements
Team
- 1987
- McClelland Trophy (Carlton): 1987
Individual
- 1987
Personal life
Rhys-Jones married his second wife Cheri Donnelly in
References
- ^ Eddy (2018), p.119
- ^ "David Rhys-Jones". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ "Rhys Jones' boy has rare condition". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ Herald Sun: Family battles with Cooper's insatiable hunger
- Duffield, Mark (27 June 2002). "Rhys-Jones admits drug use". The Age. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
Bibliography
- Eddy, Dan (2018). The Norm Smith Medallists : The players who delivered on football's grandest stage. ISBN 9781921778872.
External links
- David Rhys-Jones's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- David Rhys-Jones at AustralianFootball.com
- "David Rhys-Jones". Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club.