| Jim Christou | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Jim E. Christou | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1952 | ||
| Original team | Heidelberg | ||
| Height/Weight | 173 cm / 73 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1972–1976 | Fitzroy | 30 (23) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1976 season .
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Jim Christou (born 24 December 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Christou, while playing for Heidelberg, won the Diamond Valley Football League's Best and Fairest award in 1971.
A rover, he started his Fitzroy career in the 1972 VFL season and in 1975 was joined in the team by his younger brother John.[1] His nine games in 1975 were the most that he would play in a single season.[2]
During the 1976 season, he left for Port Melbourne and was a member of their premiership team that year.[3] He played in three further Port Melbourne premierships, in 1977, 1980 and 1981.
Christou switched clubs in 1982, joining Northcote. He played in their 1982 second division grand final win over Caulfield.