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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1959}}
{{for|other people with a similar name|James Buckley (disambiguation){{!}}James Buckley}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jim Buckley
| image = 
| fullname = Jim Buckley
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Kyneton Football Club|Kyneton]]
| height = 170 cm
| weight = 82 kg
| position = Centre Half Forward
| guernsey = 16
| statsend = 1990
| years1 = 1976–1990
| club1 = {{AFL Car}}
| games_goals1 = 164 (146)
| careerhighlights = *Carlton best and fairest winner, 1982
*Premiership player, 1979, 1981 and 1982
}}

'''Jim Buckley''' (born 27 November 1959) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er and coach who played in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL). Buckley is 175&nbsp;cm tall and came from [[Kyneton Football Club|Kyneton]]. 

Buckley debuted with the [[Carlton Football Club]] in [[1976 VFL season|1976]] and won the [[Robert Reynolds Trophy]], Carlton's [[best and fairest]] award, in [[1982 VFL season|1982]]. He was a premiership player in [[1979 VFL Grand Final|1979]], [[1981 VFL Grand Final|1981]] and [[1982 VFL Grand Final|1982]]. In total, Buckley played 164 games for 146 goals between 1976 and [[1990 AFL season|1990]].

On 21 June 1983, when he was 23 years old, Buckley collided with a taxi, killing one of the occupants—passenger Peter Cunningham, a 42-year-old bookmaker's clerk—and injuring others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Age - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MSBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1551,2616115 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=news.google.com}}</ref> In April 1984, Buckley was acquitted of all charges despite recording a 0.18 [[blood alcohol content]] reading, more than double the legal limit at the time (and more than 3.5 times the current limit of 0.05).<ref>{{Cite news |date=1984-04-18 |title=Jim Buckley acquitted |pages=3 |work=The Age |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102568399/jim-buckley-acquitted/ |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref>

Buckley's only son, [[Dylan Buckley|Dylan]], was recruited to Carlton under the [[father–son rule]] after the [[2011 AFL season]].<ref name="bid">{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/124875/default.aspx|title=Dylan Buckley joins the Blues|date=10 October 2011|access-date=15 November 2011|publisher=Carlton Football Club|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117172800/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/124875/default.aspx|archive-date=17 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{AFL Tables|ref=J/Jim_Buckley.html|alt=Jim Buckley}}

{{1979/81/82 Carlton triple premiership players}}
{{John Nicholls Medal}}
{{VFL/AFL club best and fairest winners in premiership years}}
{{1982 VFL Team of the Year}}
{{1983 Victoria State of Origin players}}
{{1984 Victoria State of Origin players}}

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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Carlton Football Club players]]
[[Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:John Nicholls Medal winners]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Kyneton Football Club players]]
[[Category:Victorian State of Origin players]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
[[Category:People from Kyneton]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]


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