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James Sellar (born 24 March 1989 in Adelaide) is an Australian rules footballer, who was selected at the 2006 AFL. He was taken in the AFL Draft by the Adelaide Football Club at No. 14 overall, considered a bargain pick at the time considering he was touted as a potential top-5 pick. Sellar was educated at Brighton Secondary School along with other AFL draftees Bryce Gibbs and Mark Austin. At 196cm and weighing 95 kg, Sellar is a key position forward who can also help out with some ruck duties.
Sellar represented Australia in the International Rules Youth Test between Australia and Ireland, and has also represented Australia in Volleyball, in the Under 19 Internationals in Taiwan. He was named best player at the national Under 16 Championships in 2005 and also played in the Under 18 national championships in 2006. He spent most of his early AFL career playing for Glenelg in the SANFL, playing only a handful of games for the Crows despite being named as an emergency on numerous occasions. With injuries to Brad Moran and Jonathon Griffin in mid-2009, he found his way at last into the regular side in the unlikely role of a backup ruckman to Ivan Maric, a role that he has performed well enough to hold his place in the side for the remainder of the season thus far. He scored his first goal in AFL football against Carlton in the last round of the season.
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