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Stynes also served as president of the Melbourne Football Club from 2008 and was involved in fundraising efforts which brought the club out of debt.
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The Jim Stynes Cup ( also known as the Jim Stynes trophy ) was named in Stynes ' honour and awarded to the winner of the inaugural International Australian Football Youth Tournament.
Stynes was also named Melburnian of the Year for 2010 for his Reach Foundation work.
The memorial was held at St Paul's Cathedral ( an Anglican chapel, despite the fact Stynes was Catholic ) in central Melbourne on Tuesday, 27 March 2012, with the service also being shown on screen at Federation Square.
Jim's younger brother, Brian Stynes, also went to De La Salle College ; he won a senior All Ireland football medal for Dublin in 1995.
He also played gaelic football for Ballyboden St. Enda's and, together with Brian Stynes, he helped them win a Dublin under 21 Championship title in 1995.
Stynes and president
Hawthorn's president Jeff Kennett caused controversy with remarks about relocating the Demons to the Gold Coast, something which Stynes spoke against.
However, on the eve of the Round 14 clash against West Coast, influential president Jim Stynes announced that he had cancer, this evoked a very emotional response from the footballing public and the club lifted from three embarrassing defeats the weeks before to convincingly beat West Coast in front of a passionate MCG crowd.
In June 2008, Melbourne's chairman, Paul Gardner, stepped down as president to make way for Stynes.
At the launch of the 2012 Australian Football League season, both Stynes ' replacement as president of the Melbourne Football Club, Don McLardy, and the AFL's chief executive officer, Andrew Demetriou, acknowledged his contribution to football in Australia.
Stynes and Melbourne
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Jim Stynes ( Melbourne )
During his 264-game career with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) between 1987 and 1998, Stynes become the only non-Australian-born VFL / AFL player to win the prestigious Brownlow Medal, which he achieved in 1991.
Stynes had a high profile in both Australia and Ireland as a result of his involvement in the Melbourne Football Club's ambitious international recruitment program ( now known as the " Irish experiment ").
Playing as a mobile ruckman, Stynes is credited as having changed the way that the position is played and along with his Brownlow his Australian Rules achievements included the Leigh Matthews Trophy, two time All-Australian team selection, a night and day Grand Final and four club trophies for Melbourne.
In 1984 Stynes responded to an advertisement in his local paper placed by the Melbourne Football Club that offered two scholarships all expenses paid to play football and attend college in Victoria, Australia.
Stynes debuted for the Melbourne under 19s team in 1985 and finished the season runner-up in the best and fairest.
The Melbourne coaching panel's perseverance with him paid off when Stynes made his senior debut for Melbourne in 1987 at Waverley Park against the Geelong Football Club.
In the 1987 preliminary final Melbourne were leading Hawthorn with a minute to go when Stynes made the mistake of running across a mark, which resulted in a free for the opposition.
An exceptional run of consecutive games which had began in Round 18 of 1987 almost ended with a severe rib injury in 1993 Stynes sustained from a collision with teammate David Neitz in a match against North Melbourne Football Club.
In February 2012, Stynes stepped down from the Presidency of Melbourne, citing a desire to devote his energies towards his family and well-being.
In 2000, Stynes received an Australian Sports Medal, and was named in Melbourne Football Club's Team of the Century.
In 2006 during the redevelopment of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a new corporate dining and function room in level 2 of the Olympic Stand was named the " Jim Stynes Room " in honour of Stynes.
Stynes intended to make clear that he is not stepping down from his role as President of the Melbourne Football Club but instead just taking a break to seek treatment.
A moment of silence was observed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the day of Stynes ' death, and both the Melbourne Football Club and the Casey Scorpions, its plan to commemorate Stynes at their first home games in 2012.
Former team-mate, fellow long-serving Melbourne ruckman, and Melbourne chairman Jim Stynes called White an " ornament to the game and particularly to the Melbourne Football Club.
Stynes and Football
Born in Dublin Ireland, where he was a promising Gaelic footballer, Stynes made an ambitious move to Australia at the age of 18 following his side's win in the 1984 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
Ray Jordon, a coach who was experienced with talented juniors, worked intensively with Stynes and he was sent to Victorian Football Association's Prahran Football Club to compete at senior level.
In March 2011, Stynes met Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at Kerang, Victoria, teaching him basic Australian Rules Football skills.
In 2003, Stynes was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was once again named Victorian of the Year.
The Jim Stynes Achievement Scholarships, a $ 3 million AUD 5 year partnership with the Australian government, Reach Foundation and Australian Football League for children of indigenous or multicultural backgrounds, or from disadvantaged backgrounds was announced following Stynes ' death.
Jim Stynes who won an All-Ireland Minor ( under 18 ) football championship medal for Dublin in 1984, and the Brownlow medal in Australian Rules Football in 1991.
Stynes and Club
Stynes ' first exposure to Australian Rules football was watching the 1980 film The Club on television.
Stynes and from
In 1956, Gordon & Kathleen Stynes purchased the island and relocated their family from Victoria to Dunk Island.
The international golf player Pádraig Harrington and the late Australian Football player Jim Stynes are from the area.
Republic of Ireland football player Damien Duff is from the locality as was Australian Football League player and Brownlow Medallist Jim Stynes.
Stynes and 2008
In 2008 Stynes began expressing an interest in becoming chairman.
Stynes and was
AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou dispelled the notion that the club's future was in doubt, but admitted that Stynes ' board faced a huge challenge.
James " Jim " Stynes OAM ( 23 April 196620 March 2012 ) was a prominent Irish footballer who was best known for his career as a professional Australian rules football player and administrator.
In 2009, Stynes was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and continued to work during his treatment for brain metastasis.
Stynes was born in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest son of Brian and Teresa and one of six siblings and grew up in Rathfarnham raised in Roman Catholicism and attended Ballyroan Boys School.
Stynes aspired to a college education ; however, he lacked the means and was earning just $ 10 a week delivering newspapers.
Tall and skinny Stynes was selected, along with James Fahey and brought to Victoria to undergo a crash course in Australian Rules and signed a two year contract, hoping to use the money to fund his way through college.
Stynes was promised accommodation with an additional $ 60 a week, clothing and $ 50 a game.
Despite being beaten by 96 points, Stynes was voted Melbourne's best player of the match.
The Jim Stynes Medal was named in Stynes ' honour and first awarded in 1998 to the best Australian player in the International Rules series.
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