Jamie Charman (born 16 July 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Jamie Charman
Personal information
Full name Jamie Charman
Date of birth (1982-07-16) 16 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Maryborough, Queensland[1]
Original team(s) Sandgate Football Club (QAFL)
Draft No. 29, 2000 National Draft, Brisbane Lions
Height 200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2001–2009 Brisbane Lions 129 (55)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008 Dream Team 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

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Charman was born in Maryborough in Queensland. His father Eddie had moved to Maryborough from Euroa in Victoria.[2] He was raised in Brisbane and attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee where he played for the school in Year (1996 to 1999)[3][4] Charman began playing Australian football at the age of 7 at Sandgate Football Club, encouraged by his father who was a member of Euroa's Team of the Century.[2] Charman snubbed rugby at Nudgee to continue pursue Australian rules at club level. In 2000 he moved to Cairns, Queensland to study education where he briefly played in the AFL Cairns junior competition.[2] Charman was also a champion swimmer, coming 3rd in backstroke at the Queensland Under 18 national carnival.[2] However he chose to stick with football with Sandgate and his decision paid off as he was recruited by Brisbane with the 29th pick in the 2000 AFL Draft.

AFL career

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Charman made his debut for the Brisbane Lions in Round 5, 2001 against Fremantle. He played for Brisbane's reserves team in the winning 2001 AFLQ State League Grand Final. He also played in the Lions' 2003 AFL Grand Final win over Collingwood.[5][6]

He became renowned for his crash and bash approach to ruckwork, similar to that of former teammate Clark Keating (former Brisbane Lions ruck coach).

Charman retired on 3 August 2011 due to an ongoing Achilles tendon injury.[7]

Post-AFL

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In late 2011, Charman joined NRL side the North Queensland Cowboys as a part-time kicking and catching coach.[8]

Charman played two games for the Glenorchy Football Club in the 2014 TSL season.[9][10]

Statistics

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[11]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2001 Brisbane Lions 19 2 0 0 3 3 6 2 0 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.0 0.0
2002 Brisbane Lions 19 20 2 1 82 57 139 60 35 0.1 0.1 4.1 2.9 7.0 3.0 1.8
2003 Brisbane Lions 19 26 9 10 109 113 222 81 39 0.3 0.4 4.2 4.3 8.5 3.1 1.5
2004 Brisbane Lions 19 15 8 2 78 59 137 54 21 0.5 0.1 5.2 3.9 9.1 3.6 1.4
2005 Brisbane Lions 19 9 3 1 50 31 81 33 15 0.3 0.1 5.6 3.4 9.0 3.7 1.7
2006 Brisbane Lions 19 16 12 9 141 68 209 71 32 0.8 0.6 8.8 4.3 13.1 4.4 2.0
2007 Brisbane Lions 19 17 10 4 113 101 214 63 51 0.6 0.2 6.6 5.9 12.6 3.7 3.0
2008 Brisbane Lions 19 21 11 4 109 103 212 66 46 0.5 0.2 5.2 4.9 10.1 3.1 2.2
2009 Brisbane Lions 19 3 0 0 11 13 24 4 3 0.0 0.0 3.7 4.3 8.0 1.3 1.0
Career 129 55 31 696 548 1244 434 242 0.4 0.2 5.4 4.2 9.6 3.4 1.9

References

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  1. ^ Den Diaries lions.com.au 4:35 PM Thu 12 July 2007
  2. ^ a b c d Cheeky Charman pushes hard for spot in Lion side from The Age 19 September 2002
  3. ^ "Jamie Charman's Nudgee College secret revealed | The Courier-Mail". Archived from the original on 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Jamie Charman, Nudgee College 1996-1999 | GPS 100".
  5. ^ "2001 Revisited". Brisbane Lions. 2001 Season Review magazine. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ Lord, Sam (3 August 2011). "Lionhearted". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Injury-cursed Lion Charman retires". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Article Display". Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Pies Boost Hopes Recruiting Former Brisbane Ruckman Jamie Charman".
  10. ^ "Charman no-show rocks Magpies". The Mercury. 21 August 2014.
  11. ^ "AFL Tables - Jamie Charman - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com.
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