James Thiessen

James Thiessen
James Thiessen
Personal information
Date of birth	10 February 1974 (age 50)
Original team(s)	Glen Waverley
Debut	Round 16, 1993, Richmond vs. Adelaide, at Football Park
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1993	Richmond
1995–2000, 2002–03	Norwood
1998–2000	Adelaide
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Career highlights
	AFL Premiership player: (1998); SANFL Premiership player: (1997); Fos Williams Medal: (1997);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Thiessen (born 10 February 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), as well as Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). His father Tony had played league football three decades earlier.

Playing mainly on the wing, Thiessen started his AFL career at Richmond in 1993, debuting in a 139-point loss to his future club Adelaide,^[1] 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.

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)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1993	Richmond	46	7	3	8	83	34	117	21	4	0.4	1.1	11.9	4.9	16.7	3.0	0.6
1998	Adelaide	29	24	8	13	217	104	321	64	34	0.3	0.5	9.0	4.3	13.4	2.7	1.4
1999	Adelaide	29	18	13	8	160	84	244	62	19	0.7	0.4	8.9	4.7	13.6	3.4	1.1
2000	Adelaide	29	2	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.5
Career			51	24	29	461	226	687	148	58	0.5	0.6	9.0	4.4	13.5	2.9	1.1

References

^ McClure, Geoff (15 May 2006). "Down-and-up Swans a bets nightmare". The Age. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ James Thiessen's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

James Thiessen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
James Thiessen at AustralianFootball.com
James Thiessen profile

[1] McClure, Geoff (15 May 2006). "Down-and-up Swans a bets nightmare". The Age. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[2] James Thiessen's player profile at AFL Tables

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v t e Fos Williams Medal winners
State of Origin	1981: Carey 1982: Copping Weston 1983: Aish Williams 1984: Kernahan McIntosh 1985: Motley Bradley 1986: Bradley Jarman 1987: McDermott Jarman 1988: Mickan Kernahan Redden 1989: Jarman 1991: Bradley 1992: Hynes 1993: Anderson Bradley 1994: Jarman 1995: Tregenza 1996: Modra 1997: Lyle 1998: O'Loughlin 1999: McKay
State Interleague	1991: Naley 1992: McIntosh 1993: Lynn 1994: Burns 1995: McIntosh 1996: Francou 1997: Thiessen 1998: McCormack 1999: Harvey 2000: Carter 2001: Hollands 2002: Hollands 2003: Backwell 2005: Borlace 2006: Schell 2008: Alleway 2009: Sheedy 2012: Grocke 2013: Ferguson 2014: Kirkwood 2015: Keough 2016: Kirkwood 2018: Kirkwood 2019: Knoll
City v Country	1990: Jarman
The Fos Williams Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player from South Australia during Inter-State or Inter-Competition matches.

v t e Adelaide Football Club 1998 AFL premiers
Adelaide 15.15 (105) defeated North Melbourne 8.22 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
3. Jarman 5. Koster 7. Smart 9. Edwards 10. Robran 11. James 13. Ellen 14. Connell 15. Pittman 19. Stevens 23. McLeod 26. Bickley (c) 28. Johnson 29. Thiessen 30. Vardy 31. Marsh 32. Ricciuto 33. Eccles 34. Hart 36. Goodwin 44. Caven 52. Rehn
Coach: Blight