Jimmy Bartel
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Personal Info | |
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Birth | December 4th 1983, Victoria, Australia |
Recruited from | Bell Park/Geelong Falcons |
Height/Weight | 186cm/87kg |
Playing Career¹ | |
Debut | Round 1, 2002, Geelong Cats vs. Essendon Bombers, at Telstra Dome (Formerly Colonial Stadium) |
Team(s) | Geelong Cats - 64 games |
¹ Statistics to end of season | |
Career Highlights | |
AFL National Rising Star nomination 2002 Premierships TAC Cup Team of the Year 2000, 2001 Representative honours |
James "Jimmy" Bartel (born December 4, 1983), is a professional Australian rules football player.
Bartel was selected with the 8th Pick in the 2001 AFL Draft by the Geelong Football Club, having been recruited from the Geelong Falcons TAC Cup team where he was selected in both the Under-18 All-Australian Team, and the TAC Cup Team of the Year for 2000 and 2001. He helped the team win the 2000 TAC Cup Grand Final, and won the team's Best and Fairest award.
In 2005, Bartel was nominated by the Australian Football League Player's Association for the Robert Rose Award, awarded to the player deemed by his peers to be the most courageous in the league.