Byron Sumner (born 31 October 1991) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er for the

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a Austral ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL). Sumner was drafted to Sydney with the 54th selection in the

2009 AFL Draft The 2009 AFL draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2009/10 Australian Football League off-season. These were the trade week (held between 5 October and 9 October), the national draft (held on 26 November), the ...

. He was recruited from Woodville-West Torrens in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

. He played in the opening round of the

2011 AFL season The 2011 AFL season was the 115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sev ...

, 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. He is the brother of Gold Coast 2012 draft selection Tim Sumner and the uncle of former Sydney teammate

Lewis Jetta Lewis Jetta (born 4 May 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career Early career Jetta played his junior football with Carey Park Junior Foo ...

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* Living people 1991 births Sydney Swans players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Australian rules footballers from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub