Michael Byrne (Australian rules footballer)
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Michael Byrne is a former Australian rules football
er who played with Melbourne
, Hawthorn
and Sydney
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL).
A 200 cm tall ruckman, Byrne started his career at Melbourne and one game into his sixth season with the club decided to cross to Hawthorn. He finished the year with 47 goals for Hawthorn and the following season played in their premiership side, kicking three goals in the Grand Final. In 1983 he polled well in the Brownlow Medal
count with an equal fifth placing. He moved to Sydney in 1987 before retiring at the end of the 1989 season after 167 league games.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played with Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
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, Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
and Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL).
A 200 cm tall ruckman, Byrne started his career at Melbourne and one game into his sixth season with the club decided to cross to Hawthorn. He finished the year with 47 goals for Hawthorn and the following season played in their premiership side, kicking three goals in the Grand Final. In 1983 he polled well in the Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
count with an equal fifth placing. He moved to Sydney in 1987 before retiring at the end of the 1989 season after 167 league games.