Australian rules footballer
| Jim Buckley | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jim Buckley | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-11-27) 27 November 1959 (age 65) | ||
| Original team(s) | Kyneton | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Half Forward | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1976–1990 | Carlton | 164 (146) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Jim Buckley (born 27 November 1959) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Buckley is 175 cm tall and came from Kyneton.
Buckley debuted with the Carlton Football Club in 1976 and won the Robert Reynolds Trophy, Carlton's best and fairest award, in 1982. He was a premiership player in 1979, 1981 and 1982. In total, Buckley played 164 games for 146 goals between 1976 and 1990.
On 21 June 1983, when he was 23 years old, Buckley collided with a taxi, killing one of the occupants—passenger Peter Cunningham, a 42-year-old bookmaker's clerk—and injuring others. In April 1984, Buckley was acquitted of all charges despite recording a 0.18 blood alcohol content reading, more than double the legal limit at the time (and more than 3.5 times the current limit of 0.05).
Buckley's only son, Dylan, was recruited to Carlton under the father–son rule after the 2011 AFL season.
References
- "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- "Jim Buckley acquitted". The Age. 18 April 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- "Dylan Buckley joins the Blues". Carlton Football Club. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
External links
- Jim Buckley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
| Carlton Football Club 1979 1981/82 VFL premiers | |
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| 1979: Carlton 11.16 (82) defeated Collingwood 11.11 (77), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1981: Carlton 12.20 (92) defeated Collingwood 10.12 (72), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1982: Carlton 14.19 (103) defeated Richmond 12.13 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
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| 1982 VFL Team of the Year | |
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| Full-back line | |
| Half-back line | |
| Centre line | |
| Half-forward line | |
| Full-forward line | |
| Ruck | |
| Interchange | |
| Coach | |
| 1983 → | |
| Victorian team – 1983 State of Origin | |
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| South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983, crowd: 44,521 Western Australia 16.22 (118) d Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983, crowd: 44,213 | |
| Both games | |
| vs. South Australia | |
| vs. Western Australia | |
| Victorian team – 1984 State of Origin | |
|---|---|
| Victoria 16.12 (108) defeated South Australia 16.8 (104), at Football Park, 15 May 1984
Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984 | |
| Both games | |
| vs. South Australia | |
| vs. Western Australia | |
| Coach: Jeans | |
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Carlton Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club premiership players
- John Nicholls Medal winners
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Kyneton Football Club players
- Victorian State of Origin players
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- People from Kyneton
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules biography, 1950s birth stubs