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! style="background:black; color:gold" | &nbsp;Glenelg Career Highlights 
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*Glenelg [[1999]] – [[2002]]
**  52 games 
**  26 goals 
* Glenelg Captain - 2002
* Glenelg best and fairest – 2002
* South Australia State representative – 2002 
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| align=center style="background:Gold; color:black" | &nbsp;Other Career Highlights
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* JJ Liston Medal (VFL Best and Fairest) - 2007
* Geelong VFL best and fairest – 2004, 2006
* Geelong VFL runner up reserves best and fairest – 2005
* South Fremantle best and fairest – 2003
* State representative – 2002 (South Australia), 2003 (Western Australia), 2004 (Victoria), 2007 (Victoria)
* State representative captain – 2007 (Victoria)
* VFL team of the year – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
* Captain VFL team of the year – 2006, 2007
* Geelong VFL captain – 2004-current

AFL record
* Adelaide: 24 games, 4 goals

VFL record
* Geelong: 94 games (2004 - 2008)

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Stats current to end of 2008
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[[File:James Byrne Geelong profile pic.jpg|thumb|left|James Byrne (in Geelong colours)]]

== Biographical ==
*Born: 23 April 1978
*Height: 183 cm
*Weight: 84 kg
*Recruited from: Sydney Swans (Rookie List)/ Adelaide Crows (AFL)
*Previous Clubs: Calder Cannons, 
*GFC League Debut: 1999

Guernsey Number: [[1]]

Came to Adelaide in 1999 to play with Glenelg, and was drafted by Adelaide Crows in the AFL draft at the end of that year.  Delisted after two injury-plagued AFL seasons, Byrne went on to Captain Glenelg in 2002 and win the Club's Best and Fairest award that same year.

He is one of very few players to have represented three State Leagues in Representative football.

== References ==
1. Pride of the Bay

2. [http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/newsfeatures/news/newsarticle/tabid/5586/newsid/50907/default.aspx Liston Medal article]

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