Roger James

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Roger James
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-10-21) 21 October 1975
Original team	Norwood Football Club (SANFL)
Debut	Round 5, 27 April 1997, Port Adelaide v. Brisbane Lions, at Football Park
Playing career¹
Port Adelaide (1997–2005) 147 games, 87 goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2005 season.
Career highlights
Norwood (SANFL) premiership team, 1997 Port Adelaide premiership team, 2004

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).

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]

Notes

↑ "Roger James retires", from the Official Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Accessed 21 September 2006.

External links

Roger James's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Roger James's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Port Adelaide Football Club 2004 AFL Premiers

Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) defeated Brisbane Lions 10.13 (73), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 16. Tredrea 2. Wakelin 3. Montgomery 4. Wanganeen 5. Lade 6. Schofield 7. P. Burgoyne 8. S. Burgoyne 9. Carr 11. Hardwick 15. Pickett 17. Dew 18. K. Cornes 19. Bishop 20. Brogan 21. Wilson 22. Mahoney 25. Cassisi 28. Thurstans 29. Kingsley 35. C. Cornes 38. James

Coach: Williams

Persondata
Name	James, Roger
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	21 October 1975
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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