Jim Hallahan, Jr.

Jim Hallahan, Jr.
Personal information
Full name	James Hallahan
Date of birth	16 December 1911
Date of death	23 November 1994 (aged 82)
Original team(s)	Rutherglen
Height/Weight	178 cm / 69 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1935-1937 1942-1944 Total	Footscray Fitzroy	17 0(6) 32 0(7) 49 (13)
^1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1944 season.

James P. Hallahan (16 December 1911 – 23 November 1994)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club and the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He had a height of 178 cm and weight of 69 kg.^[2]

Hallahan commenced his footballing career with Rutherglen Football Club as a follower^[3] before being transferred to Footscray Football Club in 1935^[4] where he played 17 games.^[2] For Fitzroy he played 32 games^[5] in three seasons during the second world war from 1942 until 1944.

In 1945 Hallahan, who came from Brighton under the "lease-lend" system, returned to the Brighton Football Club.^[6] Hallahan's father, Jim Hallahan, Sr., played with St Kilda in 1904. Hallahan's son, Mike Hallahan, also played with Fitzroy in 1967.

References

1. "James Hallahan - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. Stats AFL-VFL match and player stats, records and lists
3. "IMPORTANT MOVES IN FOOTBALL.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 26 January 1935. p. 26. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
4. "ORNAMENT TO GAME.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 27 June 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
5. List Of Fitzroy Football Club Players
6. "FITZROY APPROVES CLEARANCE FOR HEARN.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 6 February 1945. p. 13. Retrieved 9 January 2011.