Jim Hallahan, Jr.

Jim Hallahan, Jr.
Personal information
Full name James Hallahan
Date of birth (1911-12-16)16 December 1911
Date of death 23 November 1994(1994-11-23) (aged 82)
Original team(s) Rutherglen
Height / weight 178 cm / 69 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1937
1942–1944
Total		 Footscray
Fitzroy		 17 0(6)
32 0(7)
49 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.

James P. Hallahan (16 December 1911 – 23 November 1994)[1] was an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club and the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He had a height of 178 cm and weight of 69 kg.[2]

Hallahan commenced his footballing career with Rutherglen Football Club as a follower[3] before being transferred to Footscray Football Club in 1935[4] where he played 17 games.[2] For Fitzroy he played 32 games[5] in three seasons during the second world war from 1942 until 1944.

In 1945 Hallahan, who came from Brighton under the "lease-lend" system, returned to the Brighton Football Club.[6] Hallahan's father, Jim Hallahan, Sr., played with St Kilda in 1904. Hallahan's son, Mike Hallahan, also played with Fitzroy in 1967.

References

  1. ↑ "James Hallahan - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Stats AFL-VFL match and player stats, records and lists
  3. ↑ "IMPORTANT MOVES IN FOOTBALL.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 26 January 1935. p. 26. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "ORNAMENT TO GAME.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  5. ↑ List Of Fitzroy Football Club Players
  6. ↑ "FITZROY APPROVES CLEARANCE FOR HEARN.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 6 February 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 9 January 2011.


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