Roger James (footballer)

Roger James (born 21 October 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Roger James
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-10-21) 21 October 1975
Original team(s) Norwood (SANFL)
Debut Round 5, 27 April 1997, Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane Lions, at Football Park
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997–2005 Port Adelaide 147 (87)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2005.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James debuted during Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL season and made a name for himself as a tough midfielder. The brother of former Adelaide Crows player Brett James, Roger displayed immense talent throughout his career.

After suffering a succession of groin injuries throughout the 2003 AFL season, James returned early in the 2004 AFL season, playing every game from Round Seven onwards, and was one of the best players during Port Adelaide's maiden premiership win that year.

In 2005 things took a turn for the worse though, with James' knee cartilage deteriorating in condition after Round 18, limiting him to only 10 games for the season.

In late August 2005 Port Adelaide announced that due to the condition of the knee they would not be offering James a contract for the 2006 AFL season and on medical advice, James was forced to retire at only 29 years of age – “I’ve spoken to a couple of doctors and they’ve advised me that it is in my best interests to give football away now so that further down the track I’ll be able to live a normal life,” he said.[1]

Playing statistics
[2]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1997 Port Adelaide 381759147842314990.30.58.64.913.62.90.5
1998 Port Adelaide 386523731681470.80.36.25.211.32.31.2
1999 Port Adelaide 38105169401092490.50.16.94.010.92.40.9
2000 Port Adelaide 3820171523016439473410.90.811.58.219.73.72.1
2001 Port Adelaide 3824199241200441122350.80.410.08.318.45.11.5
2002 Port Adelaide 382413624419243686540.50.310.28.018.23.62.3
2003 Port Adelaide 381712621910832776380.70.412.96.419.24.52.2
2004 Port Adelaide 38199621214135358520.50.311.27.418.63.12.7
2005 Port Adelaide 381023824712935190.20.38.24.712.93.51.9
Career 147 87 57 1481 1007 2488 537 264 0.6 0.4 10.1 6.9 16.9 3.7 1.8

Notes
  1. "Roger James retires", from the Official Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Accessed 21 September 2006.
  2. Roger James' player profile at AFL Tables


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