Jim Quinn (Australian footballer)

Jim Quinn
Personal information
Full name James Frederick Quinn
Date of birth (1904-11-18)18 November 1904
Place of birth West Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 3 January 1986(1986-01-03) (aged 81)
Place of death Yagoona, New South Wales
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Ruck / Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925–31 Essendon 66 (59)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Frederick Quinn BEM (18 November 1904 – 3 January 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Quinn (1870–1941)[2] and Janet Quinn, nee McFarlane (1871–1956),[3] James Frederick Quinn was born in West Melbourne on 18 November 1904.

Football

Quinn was a useful follower and forward who became a regular senior player and kicked 59 goals in his time with Essendon, who were disappointed to lose him when he moved to Sydney for work-related reasons.[4]

Quinn worked as a naval cartographer and for his work in chart correction for the Royal Australian Navy he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1960.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 726. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Age. No. 26, 774. Victoria, Australia. 7 February 1941. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Janet Quinn". Find a Grave.
  4. ^ "QUINN FOR ESSENDON". The Herald. No. 16, 827. Victoria, Australia. 23 April 1931. p. 6.
  5. ^ "James Frederick QUINN - British Empire Medal (Civil) (Imperial)". Australian Government.


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