Jimmy Bartel
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| Full name | James Bartel | |||||||
| Date of Birth | December 4, 1983 | |||||||
| Place of Birth | Victoria, Australia | |||||||
| Recruited from | Geelong Falcons | |||||||
| Draft | 8th overall, 2001 Geelong Cats |
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| Height/Weight | 186 cm / 87 kg | |||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||
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| Current club | Geelong | |||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||
| Playing Career1 | ||||||||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | ||||||
| 2002- | Geelong | 117 (68) | ||||||
| State Team Honours2 | ||||||||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | ||||||
| 2008 | .svg/22px-Flag_of_Victoria_(Australia).svg.png){kind=small} Victoria |
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| ¹ Club statistics to end of Round 9, 2008 season | ||||||||
² Representative statistics to end of HOF Game, 2008
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James 'Jimmy' Bartel (born December 4, 1983, in Geelong, Victoria) is an Australian professional Australian Rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 1.86 meters and 87 kilograms, he is renowned as a tough, courageous, ball-winning midfielder, and is regarded as one of the most decorated players in the modern game,[1] having been awarded a Brownlow Medal and winning a premiership medallion at every playing level in his career to date.
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[edit] Early life
[edit] Family
Born in Geelong, Victoria, to Terry Bartel and Dianne Bennett, Bartel spent much of his childhood growing up in Geelong without his father - a result of his parents divorcing when he was one year old - leaving his mother to raise Bartel and his two older sisters, Olivia and Emma, by herself.[2] Although his father kept in regular contact and maintained a stable relationship with Jimmy and his sisters throughout their childhood, an incident during Bartel's 21st Birthday caused ties to be severed.[2] Accusing his father of being an aggressive and heavy drinker, Bartel was forced to take a stand, and has sinced severed all contact with him[2]
In the aftermath of Bartel's victory in the 2007 Brownlow Medal count, the family's issues were spotlighted throughout the media, after an interview with Terry Bartel by the Herald Sun revealed Bartel Snr's plea for reconciliation with his children.[2]
[edit] Junior Football
Originally from Bell Park, Bartel attended the famous St. Josephs College, where he displayed his talent at sports at an early age.[3] Although a gifted cricketer - Bartel represented the Joeys in 1st XI cricket as a 17 year old, and won the school's batting awards in both 2000 and 2001 - Bartel decided to focus on his football, where he made his way up the junior leagues before being selected to play for the local Geelong Falcons team in the elite U/18 TAC Cup competition as an underage player.[3] There, Bartel gained selection for Victoria Country in the U/18 mid year National Championships, before being awarded selection in both the U/18 All-Australian Team and the TAC Cup Team of the Year at season's end. A memorable first year in the premier junior football competition in the nation was capped off by a Geelong Falcons victory in the TAC Cup Grand Final, and individual victory in the Geelong Falcons Best and Fairest Award as a 16-year old player.[3]
Although touted as a would-be top selection in the 2000 AFL Draft, Bartel remained for a second year on the Falcons list, and was duly awarded, in recognition of his growing leadership capabilities, captaincy of the Falcons for the 2001 Season.[3] Again, Bartel earned representative honours for Victoria Country in the mid year National Championships, as well as the State captaincy, and was again selected in both the All-Australian U/18 team and TAC Cup Team of the Year, completing an impressive junior resumé ahead of the AFL Draft.[3]
[edit] Career
[edit] A bright debut year
Bartel was selected with the 8th Pick in the 2001 AFL Draft by the Geelong Football Club, from local TAC Cup team the Geelong Falcons.
Debuting for the Geelong Cats in Round 1 of the 2002 AFL Season against the Essendon Bombers, Bartel collected 13 disposals in a promising first game, before going on to play 11 out of a possible 22 games during the course of the season.[4] A 21 disposal effort in Geelong's 122 point win over the St Kilda Saints in Round 4 saw him awarded an AFL Rising Star nomination, before a follow-up 28 disposal, 6 marks, 5 tackles and 2 goal best-on-ground performance earned him 3 Brownlow Medal votes at seasons end.
Having been dropped back to the club's VFL team to play out the rest of the season, Bartel went on to play a key part in helping the young Geelong VFL side capture the 2002 VFL Premiership, securing the club's first major piece of silverware since 1963.[3]
[edit] The battle for consistency
Although impressive as a tough ball-winner in his debut year, Bartel struggled to maintain his position in the side, playing only 13 AFL games in 2003 before being dropped back to the VFL yet again after just two games into the 2004 AFL Season. Asked by the coaching staff to work on his game in the reserves, Bartel was deliberately made to work hard, accumulating best-on-ground performances in the VFL before finally being re-selected in the senior side for the Round 10 clash against Port Adelaide.[5] A 15-disposal and 2-goal effort against the Power ensured he kept his spot in the team the following week, leading Bartel to cement his place in the side on the back of outstanding averages of 29 disposals and 5 tackles a game over the rest of the season.[4] At season's end, Bartel was recognised as having won the most Geelong votes, 13 in total, in the 2004 Brownlow Medal.
The following two seasons saw Bartel continue to build a reputation as a tough, courageous midfielder - highlighted by an AFL Players Association nomination in 2005 for the Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player in the league.[5]
[edit] 2007 - A year of glory
Having established himself as one of the premier ball-winning midfielders of the competition, Bartel took the step toward stardom with a stellar 2007 season, averaging over 28 disposals per game, and finishing amongst the top 5 within the league for total disposals.[4]
He was again nominated for the AFLPA's Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player[6], and on 17 September 2007 Bartel was awarded with his first All-Australian jumper, named as the starting centreman.[7].
Individual accolades continued to roll in, and on 24 September 2007 Bartel was awarded the prestigious Brownlow Medal, winning with 29 votes in a year that included eight best-on-ground performances.[8] Bartel is recognised as having achieved the most amount of votes ever by a Geelong medallist, and the third highest ever by a player under the 3-2-1 polling system, despite missing the final two games of the regular season due to a burst appendix.[8]
Alongside teammate Gary Ablett Jr., Bartel set a record by achieving the most combined votes ever by two members of the same club.[8] With Bartel's 29 Votes and Ablett's 20 votes they achieved the record of 49 votes, and the first time two players from the same club had reached the 20 vote mark at the same count.[8] With the addition of another teammate, Joel Corey, all three combined to receive the most votes ever by three members of the same club, at 61 votes total.[8]
A stunning year was capped off on 29 September 2007 when Bartel helped Geelong capture the 2007 AFL Premiership by defeating Port Adelaide.
[edit] Honours
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[edit] Career Statistics
- Statistics are correct as of Round 10, 2008 season[4]
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Marks | Handballs | Disposals |
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| 2002 | Geelong | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 29 | 69 | 140 |
| 2003 | Geelong | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 37 | 86 | 157 |
| 2004 | Geelong | 3 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 222 | 90 | 126 | 348 |
| 2005 | Geelong | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 274 | 131 | 196 | 470 |
| 2006 | Geelong | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 297 | 139 | 187 | 484 |
| 2007 | Geelong | 3 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 341 | 143 | 291 | 632 |
| 2008 | Geelong | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 144 | 52 | 115 | 259 |
| Totals | 118 | 69 | 42 | 1420 | 621 | 1070 | 2490 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Jimmy Bartel", Yahoo! Sports, accessed 6 October 2007
- ^ a b c d Edmund, S, "Jimmy Bartel's father wants to bury past" heraldsun.com.au, 26 September 2007, accessed 26 September 2007
- ^ a b c d e f Heenan, M, "James Bartel Documentary" The Cattery, 6 March 2003, accessed 6 October 2007
- ^ a b c d "Jimmy Bartel Statistics", footywire.com, accessed 6 October 2007
- ^ a b Gullan, S, "Humble lad Bartel tried his hardest" heraldsun.com.au, 26 September 2007, accessed 6 October 2007
- ^ "AFL players decide on competition's best" afl.com.au, 19 September 2007, accessed 19 September 2007
- ^ "Geelong dominates All-Australian team with nine selected", heraldsun.com.au, 18 September 2007, accessed 18 September 2007
- ^ a b c d e "Jimmy Bartel wins the Brownlow Medal", heraldsun.com.au, 25 September 2007, accessed 25 September 2007
[edit] External links
- Jimmy Bartel profile on the Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club
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| Preceded by Adam Goodes |
Brownlow Medallist 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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