Jim W. Brown

Jim Brown (18 October 1926 – 8 April 2014) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Jim Brown
Personal information
Full name Jim Brown
Date of birth (1926-10-18)18 October 1926
Date of death 8 April 2014(2014-04-08) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Ivanhoe
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945, 1947 Fitzroy 10 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In 1948 Brown moved to Tasmania and played with New Norfolk in the Tasmanian Football League. He won the William Leitch Medal, the competition Best and Fairest that year.[2]


Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "LEITCH MEDAL WON BY NEW NORFOLK PLAYER". The Mercury. CLXVIII (24, 280). Tasmania. 4 October 1948. p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.


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