James Thiessen

James Thiessen
Personal information
Date of birth10 February 1974
Original teamGlen Waverley
DebutRound 16, 1993, Richmond
v. Adelaide, at Football Park
Height/Weight180cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1993
1998-2000
Total		Richmond
Adelaide		7 (3)
44 (21)
51 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2000 season.

James Thiessen (born 10 February 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). His father Tony had played league football three decades earlier.

Playing mainly on the wing, Thiessen started his AFL career at Richmond in 1993 but was delisted after just one season. He spent the next four years with Norwood in the SANFL, playing in their 1997 premiership side and also winning a Fos Williams Medal that year for his performance for South Australia in an interstate match against the ACT.

Thiessen was recruited by the Adelaide Crows for the 1998 season and played in their winning Grand Final that year against North Melbourne. He remained with them for two more seasons before returning to Norwood.

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