Byron Sumner

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Byron Sumner
Personal information
Full name Byron Sumner
Date of birth (1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 30)
Original team(s) Woodville South
Draft 54th overall, 2009
Sydney Swans
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011 Sydney 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
Career highlights

SA AFL U18 Championships

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Byron Sumner (born 31 October 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Sumner was drafted to Sydney with the 54th selection in the 2009 AFL Draft.[1] He was recruited from Woodville-West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League.[2] He played in the opening round of the 2011 AFL season,[3] but was delisted at the end of the season without playing another AFL game. He returned to South Australian and continued to play for Woodville-West Torrens until he signed with Sturt Football Club for the 2017 SANFL season.[4]

He is the brother of Gold Coast 2012 draft selection Tim Sumner[5] and the uncle of former Sydney teammate Lewis Jetta.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "2009 AFL draft picks round-by-round". Herald Sun. 26 November 2009.
  2. ^ Homfray, Reece (21 July 2009). "Sumner's debut a milestone for Fuller". Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b Cowley, Michael (26 March 2011). "It's Sumner time: Swans debut for Jetta's uncle". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ McGuire, Michael (20 July 2012). "The Swan who fell to earth". The Advertiser.
  5. ^ Bednall, Jai (24 November 2012). "Tim Sumner's time to shine with the Gold Coast Suns". Sunday Mail (SA).

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