Jim Bohan

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Jim Bohan
Personal information
Date of birth21 July 1919
Place of death13 October 1967(1967-10-13) (aged 48)
Debut1938, Hawthorn
Height/Weight179 cm / 78 kg
Playing career1

Hawthorn (1938-46)

  • 131 games, 145 goals
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1946 season.

Jim Bohan (21 July 1919 - 13 October 1967)[1] 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 Hawthorn's 'Best and Fairest' award 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'.

External links

  1. "Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved 22 August 2013. 


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