Jim Kearney (Australian footballer)

Jim Kearney
Personal information
Full name James Patrick Kearney
Date of birth (1893-07-04)4 July 1893
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 29 February 1944(1944-02-29) (aged 50)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong West / St Mary's
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1915 Geelong 16 (4)
1916 Richmond 7 (0)
1917–1921 Geelong 56 (13)
Total 79 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Career highlights
  • Geelong captain 1918–1919
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Patrick Kearney (4 July 1893 – 29 February 1944) was an Australian rules football player for Geelong and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1915 and 1921.

Family

One of the five children of the former Geelong (VFA) footballer, Daniel Michael Kearney (1865-1925),[1][2][3] and Mary Ellen "Pollie" Kearney (1861-1935), née McCoy,[4][5] James Patrick Kearney was born at Geelong, Victoria on 4 July 1893. His brother, Daniel Timothy Joseph Kearney (1895-1917), was killed in action, in Belgium, while serving with the First AIF.[6]

He married Elizabeth Mary Lang (1891-1982) in 1918.[7] They had three children; one of whom, Daniel Martin Kearney (1921–1984), played VFL football with both Geelong and North Melbourne.

Football

Geelong (VFL)

Recruited from Geelong West, he played in 16 matches in 1916.

Richmond (VFL)

In 1916 he played in 7 matches for Richmond,[8] including Richmond's Semi-Final loss to Carlton, at the MCG, on 19 August 1916.[9][10]

Geelong (VFL)

He returned to Geelong in 1917,[11] and went on to play another 79 games. He served as Geelong's captain in 1918 and 1919.[12]

Death

He died at Geelong on 29 February 1944.[13][14]

Notes

  1. ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p. 1.
  2. ^ "Nasher" Kearney: Death of Old Time Footballer, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p. 7
  3. ^ Walsh, T.P., "Daniel Kearney—Catholic Layman", The Advocate, (Thursday, 9 April 1925), p. 20.
  4. ^ Marriages: Kearney—McCoy, The Advocate, (Saturday, 29 August 1891), p. 14.
  5. ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Thursday, 26 December 1935), p. 1.
  6. ^ Roll of Honour: Lance Corporal Daniel Timothy Joseph Kearney (7035), The Australian War Memorial.
  7. ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.2971/1918.
  8. ^ Geelong was not in the VFL competition due to World War I travel restrictions.
  9. ^ Hogan (1996), p. 117.
  10. ^ Football: Second Semi-Final: Carlton v. Richmond: Carlton Wins, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 19 August 1916), p.3.
  11. ^ The World War I travel restrictions had been lifted.
  12. ^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 March 1944), p. 13.
  14. ^ Former Footballer's Death, The Argus, (Thursday, 2 March 1944), p. 9.

References

  • Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1