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Jim Kearney (Australian footballer)

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Jim Kearney
Personal information
Full name James Patrick Kearney
Date of birth (1893-07-04)4 July 1893
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 29 February 1944(1944-02-29) (aged 50)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong West / St Mary's
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1915 Geelong 16 0(4)
1916 Richmond 07 0(0)
1917–1921 Geelong 56 (13)
Total 79 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Career highlights
  • Geelong captain 1918–1919
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Patrick Kearney (4 July 1893 – 29 February 1944) was an Australian rules football player for Geelong and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1915 and 1921.

Family

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One of the five children of the former Geelong (VFA) footballer, Daniel Michael Kearney (1865-1925),[1][2][3] and Mary Ellen "Pollie" Kearney (1861-1935), née McCoy,[4][5] James Patrick Kearney was born at Geelong, Victoria on 4 July 1893. His brother, Daniel Timothy Joseph Kearney (1895-1917), was killed in action, in Belgium, while serving with the First AIF.[6]

He married Elizabeth Mary Lang (1891-1982) in 1918.[7] They had three children; one of whom, Daniel Martin Kearney (1921–1984), played VFL football with both Geelong and North Melbourne.

Football

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Geelong (VFL)

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Recruited from Geelong West, he played in 16 matches in 1916.

Richmond (VFL)

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In 1916 he played in 7 matches for Richmond,[8] including Richmond's Semi-Final loss to Carlton, at the MCG, on 19 August 1916.[9][10]

Geelong (VFL)

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He returned to Geelong in 1917,[11] and went on to play another 79 games. He served as Geelong's captain in 1918 and 1919.[12]

Death

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He died at Geelong on 29 February 1944.[13][14]

Notes

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References

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  • Hogan P: The Tigers of Old: A complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
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