Jim Stynes

Jim Stynes was born in Dublin in 1966. He won an All-Ireland Minor Football championship with Dublin before moving to Melbourne to play Australian rules football as part of the AFL's 'Irish experiment'. He went on to become a legend of the game. In 2009 he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, and after a courageous fight he died in March 2012.

Jim Stynes was born in Dublin in 1966. He won an All-Ireland Minor Football championship with Dublin before moving to Melbourne to play Australian rules football as part of the AFL's 'Irish experiment'. He went on to become a legend of the game. In 2009 he was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, and after a courageous fight he died in March 2012. See less