Jim Bohan

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Jim Bohan
Personal information
Birth July 21, 1919,
Recruited from
Height and weight 179 cm / 78 kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1938, Hawthorn vs. , at
Team(s) Hawthorn (1938-46)
  • 131 games, 145 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1946 season
Career highlights

Jim Bohan (born July 21, 1919) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL. He played in the centre or at centre half forward.

Bohan captained Hawthorn in 1944 and 1946 and despite playing with the club for almost a decade, he never once appeared in a finals match. He won the Peter Crimmins Medal for Hawthorn's best and fairest in 1943 and 1945 before leaving the club in 1947 to join VFA side Camberwell with whom he went on to play 140 games.

In 2003 he was named as centreman in Hawthorn's official 'Team of the Century'.

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