Full name Ronnie Paul Burns Name Ronnie Burns Height/Weight 183 cm / 86 kg Weight 86 kg | Position(s) Forward Years Club | |
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Date of birth (1973-03-13) 13 March 1973 (age 42) Draft 49th overall, 1995
Geelong Role Australian Rules Footballer | ||
Original team St Mary's Football Club | ||
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).
Contents
- Round 2 1997 geelong v west coast ronnie burns sets up peter riccardi
- Biography
- Playing career
- References
Round 2 1997 geelong v west coast ronnie burns sets up peter riccardi
Biography
Burns is the nephew of former footballers Tony and Benny Vigona.
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. 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, 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.