Jim Handby

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H. H. "Jim" Handby
Personal information
Date of birth	(1903-09-03)3 September 1903
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death	2 October 1991(1991-10-02) (aged 88)
Original team	South Adelaide, (SANFL)
Playing career¹
South Adelaide (SANFL) (1922–1924) 42 games Glenelg (SANFL) (1925–1932) 123 games and 0 goals
Coaching career
Glenelg (1926–1927, 1930–1932)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2005 season.
Career highlights
165 games for Glenelg and South Adelaide Captain of Glenelg, 5 years Glenelg, best and fairest 1925, 1929 Played 29 matches for South Australia Magarey Medal 1928 (Runner up 1929) Captain coach of Glenelg , 5 years Inducted Glenelg Hall of Fame 2002 Inducted SANFL Hall of Fame 2002

Herbert Harry "Jim" Handby OBE (1 September 1903 – 2 October 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League (SANFLL) in the 1920s and 1930s, achieving several honours in recognition of his playing skills. He was later a federal Liberal politician and businessman.

Born Herbert Harry Handby in Adelaide, South Australia, Handby was invariably referred to simply as 'Jim'. 'Jim'%20Handby%20(South%20Adelaide%20&%20Glenelg) Handby enjoyed a league football career at two SANFL clubs, achieving his greatest honours while featuring prominently in the development of the young Glenelg club.

Handby commenced his career with South Adelaide in 1922. Although not a classically brilliant player, he displayed great perseverance and all round effectiveness. He was quickly recognised as one of the best defenders in South Australia, and in 1923 Handby made his debut at State-level football. Altogether he represented South Australia 29 times during his career.

Handby joined Glenelg in 1925, and on debut featured prominently in the club's first ever win (breaking a 56 game losing streak). Handby won Glenelg's club champion award in 1925 and 1929. He won the SANFL's Magarey Medal in 1928 as the 'fairest and most brilliant' player in the competition.

He was Glenelg's captain-coach in 1926 and 1927 but then relinquished this role until 1930, when he started a further three-year period as captain-coach. Sadly the best result he achieved as a coach was 6th (in an 8 team competition) in 1931.

After leaving football he became a publican and company director before being elected to Glenelg Council, and he served in the military 1942-1945. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for the new seat of Kingston, defeating Labor member for Boothby Thomas Sheehy for the notionally Labor seat. He was defeated in 1951 by Labor's Pat Galvin and returned to his business career. He died in 1991.^[1]

References

↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-07.

External links

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by New seat	Member for Kingston 1949–1951	Succeeded by Pat Galvin

v t e Magarey Medal winners

1898: Green 1899: Malin 1900: not awarded 1901: Sandland 1902: MacKenzie 1903: Waye 1904: not awarded 1905: MacKenzie 1906: MacKenzie 1907: Mack 1908: Tierney 1909: R. Head 1910: Hosking 1911: Cumberland 1912: Low 1913: Leahy 1914: Ashley 1915: Barry / Hosking / Perry 1916–18: not awarded 1919: Moriarty 1920: Moriarty / Richardson 1921: Adams / Karney / Moriarty / Scott 1922: Barnes 1923: Riley 1924: Scott 1925: Bampton / Lill 1926: McGregor 1927: McGregor 1928: Handby 1929: Snell 1930: Scott 1931: Sexton 1932: Pontifex 1933: Dunn 1934: Johnston 1935: Cockburn 1936: McCallum 1937: Hawke 1938: Quinn 1939: McArthur / Pash 1940: Brock 1941: Boyall 1942–44: not awarded 1945: Quinn 1946: Hank 1947: Hank 1948: R. Phillips 1949: Crabb / R. Phillips 1950: McKay 1951: Marriott 1952: Fitzgerald 1953: Deane 1954: Fitzgerald 1955: L. Head 1956: Boyd 1957: Benton / Deane 1958: L. Head 1959: Fitzgerald 1960: Barbary 1961: Halbert 1962: Eustice 1963: L. Head 1964: Motley 1965: Window 1966: Kneebone 1967: Lindner / Obst 1968: Robran 1969: Phillis 1970: Robran 1971: R. Ebert 1972: Blight 1973: Robran 1974: R. Ebert 1975: Woite 1976: R. Ebert 1977: Trevor Grimwood 1978: Hodgeman 1979: Duckworth 1980: R. Ebert 1981: Aish 1982: McGuinness 1983: Antrobus 1984: Platten 1985: Fielke 1986: Anderson 1987: Jarman 1988: Whittlesea 1989: McAdam 1990: Hodges 1991: Naley 1992: Buckley 1993: B. Phillips 1994: McIntosh 1995: Kilpatrick / McIntosh 1996: Francou 1997: Atkinson / Jarman 1998: Osborn 1999: Squire 2000: Squire 2001: Brown / O'Connor 2002: Sheedy / Weatherald 2003: B. Ebert 2004: Thomas 2005: Clayton 2006: Backwell 2007: Allan 2008: Crane 2009: Archard / Ezard 2010: Allan 2011: Allan 2012: Cross / Symes

The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.

Persondata
Name	Handby, Herbert Harry
Alternative names	Handby, Jim
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	1 September 1903
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Date of death	2 October 1991
Place of death

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