Jim Francis

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Jim Francis
Personal information
Date of birth	12 October 1910
Original team	Manningtree P.S.
Debut	Hawthorn
Height/Weight	183cm, 80 kg
Playing career¹
Hawthorn (1929–33) 61 games, 26 goals Carlton (1934–1943) 162 games, 52 goals Total - 223 Games, 78 Goals
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1943 season.

Jim Francis (12 October 1910 – November 2004^[1] ) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.

After playing 61 games for Hawthorn Francis made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 9 of the 1934 season. He retired as a player at the end of the 1943 season and was appointed coach of the Blues from 1956 to 1958. Under his tenure the Blues struggled despite having a good side on paper and Francis was sacked in 1958. Francis was bitter about the firing and never spoke to his former close friend and Carlton coaching successor Ken Hands again.

Francis was appointed St Kilda Football Club senior coach for 1959–60, again achieving modest on-field results.

References

↑ Brewster, Richard (12 February 2005). "Memories of a footy hero". The Age.

External links

Jim Francis at Blueseum

v t e Carlton Football Club 1938 VFL Premiers

Carlton 15.10 (100) defeated Collingwood 13.7 (85), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 5. Diggins 1. Anderson 2. McIntyre 4. Baxter 6. Chitty 7. Carney 10. Francis 11. Hale 12. Crisp 14. McLean 17. Hollingshead 21. Gill 22. Vallence 23. Schmidt 26. Park 28. Wrout 30. Price 31. McInnes 32. Green

Coach: Diggins

Captains of the Carlton Football Club

1897: Aitken
1898–1899: Walton
1900–1901: Stuckey
1902–1904: McShane
1905–1907: Flynn
1908–1911: Elliott
1912–1913: Wells
1914–1917: Dick
1918: McGregor
1919: Fisher
1920: O'Brien
1921: Green
1922–1923: Clover
1924: O'Brien
1925: Caldwell
1926: Brew
1927: Clover
1928–1931: Brew
1932: Martyn
1933: Gill
1934: Johnson
1935: Davey
1936: Francis
1937: Clarke
1938–1940: Diggins
1941–1944: Francis
1944: Atkinson
1945–1946: Chitty
1947–1952: Henfry
1952: Hands
1958–1960: Comben
1961–1962: Donaldson
1963: Nicholls
1964: Silvagni
1965–1968: Barassi
1968–1974: Nicholls
1974–1976: Jesaulenko
1977–1978: Walls
1978–1979: Jesaulenko
1980–1983: Fitzpatrick
1984–1985: Johnston
1986: Maclure
1987–1997: Kernahan
1998–2001: Bradley
2002–2003: Ratten
2003: McKay
2004–2006: Koutoufides
2007: Whitnall
2008–2012: Judd
2013–: Murphy

v t e Coaches of the Carlton Football Club

1902–1909: Worrall 1909–1911: Elliott 1912: Clark 1913: Wells 1914–1918: Clark 1919: Valentine 1920–1922: Clark 1922–1923: Clover 1924: Parratt 1925: Caldwell 1925: O'Brien 1926: Brew 1927: Clover 1928: Brew 1929–1934: Minogue 1935–1936: Maher 1937: Rowe 1938–1940: Diggins 1941–1955: Bentley 1956–1958: Francis 1959–1964: Hands 1965–1971: Barassi 1972–1975: Nicholls 1972; 1975: McKenzie 1976–1977: Thorogood 1978: Stewart 1978: Silvagni 1978–1979: Jesaulenko 1980: Jones 1981–1985: Parkin 1986–1989: Walls 1989–1990: Jesaulenko 1991–2000: Parkin 2001–2002: Brittain 2003–2007: Pagan 2007–2012: Ratten 2013–: Malthouse

Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e Coaches of the St Kilda Football Club

1906: Hall 1908: Grace 1909: J. Smith 1911: Drohan 1913: Sparrow 1914: McNamara 1915; 1918:* J. Smith 1919: Eicke 1920: Sparrow 1920–1921: Ricketts 1922–1923: McNamara 1924: Eicke 1925–1926: Clark 1927: Heinz 1928–1929: Sparrow 1930: Cubbins 1931–1932: Hardy 1932: King 1933: Deane 1934: C. Watson 1935–1937: Minogue 1938–1940: Clarke 1938: B. Patterson 1941: Knight 1942–1943: Garvin 1944–1945: H. Thomas 1946–1947: Hird 1948–1950: Froude 1951: Green 1952–1953: Williamson 1954–1955: Foote 1956–1958: Killigrew 1959–1960: Francis 1961–1976: Jeans 1972; 1974: Guy 1977: R. Smith 1978–1980: M. Patterson 1980–1982: Jesaulenko 1983–1984: Jewell 1984–1986: Gellie 1987–1989: Baldock 1987: Davis 1990–1993: Sheldon 1994–1998: Alves 1999–2000: T. Watson 2001: Blight 2001–2006: G. Thomas 2007–2011: Lyon 2012–2013: Watters 2014–: Richardson

St Kilda did not participate in the VFL from 1916–1917 due to World War I Italics* denote caretaker coach

John Nicholls Medal · Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1929: Clover
1934: Crisp
1935: Francis
1936: Clarke
1937: McIntyre
1938: Crisp
1939: Gill
1940: Francis
1941: Chitty
1942: Mooring
1943: Gniel
1944: Chitty
1945: Savage
1946: Howell
1947: Deacon/Henfry
1948: Howell
1949: Henfry
1950: Hodgson
1951: Clark
1952: Grieve
1953: Hands
1954: Milroy
1955: James
1956: Beasy
1957: Comben
1958: Comben
1959: Nicholls
1960: James
1961: James
1962: Sergio Silvagni
1963: Nicholls
1964: Collis
1965: Nicholls
1966: Nicholls
1967: Nicholls
1968: Sergio Silvagni
1969: Crane
1970: Gallagher
1971: Southby
1972: Southby
1973: Jones
1974: Doull
1975: Jesaulenko
1976: Keogh
1977: Doull
1978: Keogh
1979: Fitzpatrick
1980: Doull
1981: Hunter
1982: Buckley
1983: Johnston
1984: Doull
1985: Madden
1986: Bradley/Johnston
1987: Kernahan
1988: Bradley
1989: Kernahan
1990: Stephen Silvagni
1991: Madden
1992: Kernahan
1993: Bradley
1994: Williams
1995: Ratten
1996: Stephen Silvagni
1997: Ratten
1998: Brown
1999: Allan
2000: Ratten/Camporeale
2001: Koutoufides
2002: McKernan
2003: McKay
2004: Teague
2005: Koutoufides
2006: Whitnall
2007: Carrazzo
2008: Judd
2009: Judd
2010: Judd
2011: Murphy
2012: Scotland
2013: Simpson

Preceded by Alan Killigrew	St Kilda Football Club coach 1959-60	Succeeded by Allan Jeans

Persondata
Name	Francis, Jim
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	12 October 1910
Place of birth
Date of death	November 2004
Place of death

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