Jim Stynes was an Irish-born Australian rules footballer, youth worker and sports administrator who played his whole career with the Melbourne Football Club between 1987 and 1998. Born in Dublin on 23 April 1966 and recruited through Melbourne's Irish experiment, he became the first and only non-Australian-born player to win the Brownlow Medal, in 1991. A ruckman, he set a then-record 244 consecutive games, won the Leigh Matthews Trophy in 1991, two All-Australian selections and four club best and fairest awards, and played for both Australia and Ireland in the International Rules series. He co-founded the Reach Foundation in 1994, served as Melbourne president from 2008 until 2012 and died of melanoma on 20 March 2012 at the age of 45.
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Irish-born Australian rules footballer
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an Irish-born Australian rules footballer, youth worker and sports administrator
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the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1987 and 1998
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the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)
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