Jamie Lawson (Australian footballer)

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Jamie Lawson
Personal information
Full name Jamie Lawson
Date of birth (1971-10-05) 5 October 1971 (age 49)
Original team(s) Wentworth
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1991–1994 Sydney Swans 61 (29)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jamie Lawson (born 5 October 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the early 1990s.

Lawson, a rover, was recruited from the Sunraysia Football League. [1] An Indigenous Australian, he arrived in what was a bad time for Sydney, with the club finishing with the wooden spoon in three of his four seasons. He had a career high 30 disposals and two goals against fellow cellar dwellers Brisbane at the SCG in 1992. [2]

Aged only 22, his career came to an end late in the 1994 AFL season when he broke his leg at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, playing against Richmond. [2] His fractured tibia led to compartment syndrome and he was forced to retire. [3] He had been in good form prior to the injury, polling Brownlow Medal votes in his previous two games. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. 1 2 3 "AFL Tables - Jamie Lawson - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com.
  3. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald , "The dark days of Hollywood", 22 April 2007, Daniel Lane.
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