Jim Toohey, Jr.

Jim Toohey
Personal information
Full nameJames Leslie Toohey
Date of birth1 June 1915
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria[1]
Date of death10 February 2004 (aged 88)
Original teamSandhurst
Height/Weight185 cm / 92 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1935-1936
1937
1938
1939		Fitzroy
Perth
Fitzroy
Camberwell		21 (15)

14 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1938 season.

James Leslie "Jim" Toohey (1 June 1915 – 10 February 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Toohey, a Sandhurst recruit, started out in the Fitzroy seconds in 1934.[2] He began his league career in 1935, when he played seven senior games, which was bettered by 14 appearances in 1938.[3]

In 1937, Toohey joined Western Australian National Football League club Perth.[4] His father, ex Fitzroy player Jim Toohey senior, was a member of the Perth Football Club committee.[5] He had to wait until mid-season to make his debut, in order to fulfill the three month residential qualification required to get an interstate permit at that time.[6]

Toohey returned to Fitzroy after just one season in Perth and made 14 league appearances in the 1938 VFL season.[3]

He was cleared to Camberwell in 1939.[7]

Toohey's younger brother, Jack, played with Fitzroy for six seasons, from 1947 to 1952.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Australian Government.
  2. ↑ "CASHMAN CLEARED TO CARLTON LEAGUE PERMITS.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.). 24 May 1934. p. 11. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jim Toohey". AFL Tables.
  4. ↑ "PERTH v. EAST FREMANTLE.". Sunday Times (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 4 April 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Daily News (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 6 March 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "TOOHEY HAS A "GALLOP".". The Daily News (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 4 June 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Toohey Has Two Engagements.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 5 May 1939. p. 20. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

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