Byron Pickett

Byron Pickett
Pickett playing for Melbourne in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Byron Pickett
Nickname(s)	Choppy
Date of birth	(1977-08-11) 11 August 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Kellerberrin, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997–2002	North Melbourne	120 (81)
2003–2005	Port Adelaide	55 (80)
2006–2007	Melbourne	29 (16)
Total		204 (177)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1998–1999	South Australia	2 (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 1999.
Career highlights
AFL Premiership player: 1999, 2004 Norm Smith Medal: 2004 All-Australian: 1999 AFL Rising Star: 1998 Indigenous Team of the Century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Byron Pickett (born 11 August 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club, Port Adelaide Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was known as a big game player as well as for his strength, hard bumps and tough approach to the game. Pickett is one of 12 players with two premiership medallions, a Norm Smith Medal and over 200 AFL games. In 2005 Pickett was acknowledged as one of the finest Aboriginal players in the history of the game, with his selection to the Indigenous Team of the Century.^[1] He announced his retirement from AFL at the end of the 2007 season.

After his retirement from the AFL in 2007 he continued playing semi-professionally, including some time with the Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).