Jim Hallahan Jr.

Jim Hallahan Jr.
Personal information
Full name James Patrick Hallahan
Date of birth (1911-12-16)16 December 1911
Place of birth Rutherglen, Victoria
Date of death 23 November 1994(1994-11-23) (aged 82)
Place of death Wangaratta, Victoria
Original team(s) Rutherglen
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1937 Footscray 17 0(6)
1942–1944 Fitzroy 32 0(7)
Total 49 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Patrick 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]

In 1946, Hallahan coached the Braybrook Football Club.[7]

In 1947, Hallahan was captain-coach of the Coolamon Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales).[8] Hallahan broke his collarbone late in the season[9] and missed out on leading Coolamon into the SWDFL grand final, which they lost to Narrandera.[10]

Jim was captain / coach of the Greta FC in the Ovens and King Football League from 1951 to 1953 and played in Greta's 1954 premiership side.

His 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. ^ a b Stats AFL-VFL match and player stats, records and lists
  3. ^ "Important Moves in Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 January 1935. p. 26. Retrieved 9 January 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Ornament to Game". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 June 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 9 January 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ List Of Fitzroy Football Club Players
  6. ^ "Fitzroy Approves Clearance for Hearn". The Argus. Melbourne. 6 February 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 9 January 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "1946 - Braybrook F C". Sunshine Advocate (Vic). 15 March 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "1947 - Coolamon wins semi final". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 19 August 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "1947 - Footballers injured at carnival" (2 September 1947). The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ "1947 - Narrandera wins premierships". Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser (NSW). 16 September 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 31 December 2022.


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