James Begley

Personal information
Birth	22 July 1980(1980-07-22)
Recruited from	Sturt Football Club (SANFL)
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 20, 14 August 1999, St Kilda vs. Kangaroos, at Waverley Park
Team(s)	St Kilda (1999-2002) 36 games, 7 goals Adelaide (2003-2005) 25 games, 3 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2001

James Begley had a promising career ahead of him after being named an AFL Rising Star nominee in 2001. In 2002 he returned to his hometown of Adelaide to play with the Crows.

Unfortunately he was injury plagued and only played 25 games with Adelaide before retiring at the end of the 2005 season. He was nominated for CLEO Bachelor of the Year.

Begley was probably best remembered due to a highly publicised incident with Byron Pickett, suspended for 6 games for a hip and shoulder on Begley while he put his head down to pick up the ball.

Begley still plays football in South Australia.

[edit] External links

• James Begley profile on the Official AFL Website of the Adelaide Football Club
• James Begley's statistics from AFL Tables