Ronnie Burns (footballer)

Ronnie Burns
Personal information
Full name	Ronnie Paul Burns
Date of birth	13 March 1973
Original team(s)	St Mary's
Draft	49th overall, 1995 Geelong
Height/Weight	183 cm / 86 kg[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996–2002 2003–2004	Geelong Adelaide Total:	134 (239) 020 0(23) 154 (262)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004 season.

Ronnie Paul Burns (born 13 March 1973) is a former Indigenous Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL).^[1]

Biography

Burns is the nephew of former footballers Tony and Benny Vigona.^[2]

Playing career

Originally from St Mary's Football Club of the Northern Territory Football League, Burns moved to Western Australia and played colts football for Claremont Football Club before moving back to Darwin. He was lured back to Perth by the West Perth Football Club before being drafted to the Geelong Cats in the AFL.^[3][1] Burns led the Cats in goalkicking 5 times, playing as a small crumbing forward during a less decorated time for the club.

After a period of poor play, the Cats traded Burns to the Adelaide Crows for Ben Finnin,^[1] who ultimately did not play a game for the Cats. Burns played out the rest of his career with the Crows, but failed to make the same impact as he had made for the Cats.

Burns played 154 games and kicked 262 goals from 1995–2004.

References

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). North Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 90. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
2. Roffey, Chelsea (21 May 2009). "The Tiwi effect". Australian Football League. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
3. McGrath, John (2 May 1997). "Burns Back With A Future". The West Australian.