Jamie Shaw

Who is Jamie Shaw?

Jamie Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.

A former Keon Park player, Shaw made his VFA debut for Preston in the 1985 season. He became a prolific full forward, and in 1986 won the VFL's leading goal-kicker award, now known as the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal, with 145 goals, including eighteen goals in one match against Camberwell.

In 1987, Shaw moved to Fitzroy in the VFL. In his debut against Geelong at Princes Park and equaled Max George's club record of five goals on debut. From just six kicks, Shaw managed five goals and a behind, helping Fitzroy beat Geelong. He would play only one other game for the Lions, and returned to Preston at the end of the season.

In his second stint at Preston, he was the league leading goalkicker on two more occasions: 1988, with 105 goals, and 1990, with 103 goals. In a match against Sunshine in 1989, he kicked a career best 23 goals, but Sunshine dropped out of the Association and folded after Round 8, and their record was expunged. He also kicked 15 goals in a match against Camberwell in the same year.