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Key Facts

Full name
James West

Known as
Jim West

Born
12 April 1966 (age 59)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 23y 353d
Last game: 26y 26d

Height and weight
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 90 kg

Senior clubs
Glenelg; Sydney; Norwood

Jumper numbers
Sydney: 20

Recruited from
Glenelg (1990); Sydney (1993); Glenelg (1997)

Jim West

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
GlenelgSANFL1985-1989, 1993-19961862541.37—————
SydneyAFL1990-199237541.4624%6.864.084.920
NorwoodSANFL1997-1998381032.71—————
SANFL1985-1989, 1993-19982243571.59—————
AFL1990-199237541.4624%6.864.084.920
Total1985-19982614111.57—————

AFL: 10,083rd player to appear, 5,095th most games played, 1,992nd most goals kickedSydney: 1,188th player to appear, 423rd most games played, 144th most goals kicked

Jim West played a total of 224 senior SANFL games between 1985 and 1989 and from 1993 to 1998. The first 186 of these were with Glenelg, and the remainder with Norwood. West played most of his football, which included a three-season, 37-game AFL stint with Sydney and one appearance for South Australia, as a key position forward.

West's undoubted career highlight came in 1997 when he contributed three goals to Norwood's 19.12 (126) to 7.11 (53) Grand Final annihilation of Port Magpies. West won club goal kicking awards on a total of five occasions, three times with the Bays and once apiece with the Swans and Redlegs, winning the Ken Farmer. in 1997 with 73 goals.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.