Jamie Lawson (Australian footballer)

Jamie Lawson
Personal information
Full name	Jamie Lawson
Date of birth	5 October 1971
Original team(s)	Wentworth
Height/Weight	168 cm / 70 kg
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1991–1994	Sydney Swans	61 (29)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1994 season.

Jamie Lawson (born 5 October 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the early 1990s.

Lawson, a rover, was recruited from the Sunraysia Football League.^[1] An Indigenous Australian, he arrived in what was a bad time for Sydney, with the club finishing with the wooden spoon in three of his four seasons. He had a career high 30 disposals, and two goals, against fellow cellar dwellers Brisbane at the SCG in 1992.^[2]

Aged only 22, his career came to an end late in the 1994 AFL season when he broke his leg at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, playing against Richmond.^[2] His fractured tibia led to compartment syndrome and he was forced to retire.^[3] He had been in good form prior to the injury, polling Brownlow Medal votes in his previous two games.^[2]

References

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
2. AFL Tables: Jamie Lawson
3. Sydney Morning Herald, "The dark days of Hollywood", 22 April 2007, Daniel Lane.