David Stynes


David Stynes is a former Gaelic footballer and Australian rules footballer.

Playing career

Australian rules football

Stynes played for Ireland national [Australian rules football team|Ireland]'s winning team in the 2002 [Australian Football International Cup] in Melbourne. He was also selected for the All-Star Team, and returned with the team that reached the semi-finals of the 2005 [Australian Football International Cup]. He won his second medal when Ireland won the 2011 Australian [Football International Cup] title. In 2011 David was appointed captain coach of the Moorabbin Kangaroos in the Southern Football League in Victoria.

Gaelic football

The Ballyboden [St Enda's GAA|Ballyboden St Enda's] clubman represented Dublin GAA at minor level and won a Leinster Minor Football Championship medal in 1994 before losing to Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. He also represented Dublin at under-21 & Senior level. In Australia, he represented Victoria in the Australasian GAA Championships.

Family

His brother Brian was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin senior team and won an All-Ireland [Senior Football Championship] medal in 1995, while his late brother Jim won the Brownlow Medal and played with the Melbourne Football Club.