Ronnie Burns (footballer)
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ronnie Burns
| image =
| fullname = Ronald Paul Burns
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = St Mary's
| draftpick = 49th overall, 1995
{{AFL Gee}}
| position = Forward
| statsend = 2004
| years1 = 1996–2002
| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}
| games_goals1 = 134 (239)
| years2 = 2003–2004
| club2 = {{AFL Ade}}
| games_goals2 = {{0}}20 {{0}}(23)
| games_goalstotal = 154 (262)
| careerhighlights = * 5× Geelong leading goalkicker: 1997–2001
- West Perth Football Club premiership side 1995
}}
Ronald 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).
Biography
Burns is the nephew of former footballers Tony and Benny Vigona.{{cite web | url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2009-05-21/the-tiwi-effect | title=The Tiwi effect | publisher=Australian Football League | date=21 May 2009 | access-date=22 July 2014 | author=Roffey, Chelsea | author-link=Chelsea Roffey | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729222238/http://www.afl.com.au/news/2009-05-21/the-tiwi-effect | archive-date=29 July 2014}} He was raised at Pirlangimpi on the Tiwi Islands.[https://www.afc.com.au/news/1339714/in-depth-ronnie-burns In Depth: Ronnie Burns] By Daniela Harvey for afl.com.au on May 25, 2001 He was educated at St John's College, Darwin.
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.{{cite news | title=Burns Back with a Future | work=The West Australian | date=2 May 1997| author=McGrath, John | author-link=John McGrath (Western Australian politician)}} Burns led the Cats in goalkicking five 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 to 2004.
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables}}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
- {{WAFL FootyFacts}}
{{Geelong leading goalkickers}}
{{1996 The Allies State of Origin players}}
{{1997 The Allies State of Origin players}}
{{1998 The Allies State of Origin players}}
{{1995 AFL national draft}}
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Category:Geelong Football Club players
Category:Adelaide Football Club players
Category:Allies State of Origin players
Category:West Perth Football Club players
Category:St Mary's Football Club (NTFL) players
Category:Port Fairy Football Club players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Category:Heywood Football Club players
Category:Port Adelaide Magpies players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Darwin, Northern Territory