John Barnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Councillor of theCity of Moonee Valley forBuckley Ward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 26 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | John Barnes (1969-06-01)1 June 1969 (age 56) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Independent Liberal[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian rules footballer
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John Barnes (born 1 June 1969) is an Australian politician and formerAustralian rules footballer who currently serves as the councillor forBuckley Ward on theCity of Moonee Valley. He previously played for theEssendon Football Club and theGeelong Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
Barnes' VFL/AFL career included twoState of Origin games for Victoria.
The young Barnes was aruckman/forward recruited byEssendon in 1986 fromCobram, Victoria. He was traded after five seasons withWindy Hill to theGeelong Football Club forSean Denham.[2] Under the coaching ofMalcolm Blight and laterGary Ayres he would go on to feature prominently in the losing 1994 and 1995Grand Final sides. During a Round 5 encounter atPrinces Park againstCarlton in 1997, after a marking duel, Barnes landed awkwardly on his left elbow, dislocating it and sidelining him for ten weeks. Barnes was delisted by the club in 1999. He had played a total of 144 games with 65 goals with the Cats.[3]
It was Essendon coachKevin Sheedy, however, who tempted Barnes back to Windy Hill, and he was selected at number #59 in the1999 AFL draft. A shortage of ruckmen at the club led Sheedy to reacquaint Barnes with his former club. A season later, after a defeat toBrisbane in the2001 Grand Final, Barnes retired. He had totalled 58 games and 25 goals with the Bombers during his original tenure and return to the club.
Barnes was a runner for Essendon and was fined by the AFL for spending too long on the ground,[4] before he was controversially suspended for two matches by the AFL for interfering with play during the 2005 season.[5]
In 2004, he played for the East Keilor Football Club in theEssendon District Football League.[6] He participated in the 2006AFL Legends Match, playing for Victoria. Barnes became the ruck coach for the Western Bulldogs in the 2008 season.[7]
In 2009, he was appointed as coach of theDoutta Stars Football Club in theEssendon District Football League.
He also had a stint as the ruck coach for the Collingwood Football Club, but left that role and 'got completely out of footy' to become, as of 2015, a garbage collector in suburban Melbourne.[8]
Barnes contestedBuckley Ward on theCity of Moonee Valley at the2024 Victorian local government elections.[9] He was elected with 26.60% offirst preferences and 57.05% of thetwo-candidate-preferred vote.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
| 1987 | Essendon | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| 1988 | Essendon | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 1989 | Essendon | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | Essendon | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 1991 | Essendon | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Geelong | 6 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 106 | 73 | 179 | 74 | 7 | 165 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 13.8 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 12.7 |
| 1993 | Geelong | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 149 | 130 | 279 | 116 | 10 | 265 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 15.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 14.7 |
| 1994 | Geelong | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 181 | 365 | 132 | 16 | 389 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 15.2 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 16.2 |
| 1995 | Geelong | 6 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 183 | 218 | 401 | 185 | 22 | 285 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 16.0 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 11.4 |
| 1996 | Geelong | 6 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 151 | 122 | 273 | 114 | 9 | 225 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 14.4 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 11.8 |
| 1997 | Geelong | 6 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 118 | 71 | 189 | 82 | 6 | 104 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 12.6 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
| 1998 | Geelong | 6 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 114 | 83 | 197 | 69 | 15 | 173 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
| 1999 | Geelong | 6 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 126 | 81 | 207 | 77 | 8 | 216 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 13.8 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 14.4 |
| 2000 | Essendon | 22 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 188 | 123 | 311 | 115 | 26 | 400 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 16.7 |
| 2001 | Essendon | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 133 | 100 | 233 | 78 | 23 | 218 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 10.6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 9.9 |
| Career | 202 | 90 | 43 | 1504 | 1212 | 2716 | 1078 | 152 | 2455 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 12.2 | ||