Jim Tumilty

Jim Tumilty
Personal information
Full name Jim Tumilty
Date of birth (1886-06-29)29 June 1886
Date of death 28 August 1953(1953-08-28) (aged 67)
Original team(s) Mechanics
Height/Weight 165 cm / 74 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Carlton 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1910 season.

James "Jim" Tumilty (29 June 1886 – 28 August 1953)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

He was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 29 June 1886. In 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. He returned home after being injured by poison gas.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Obituaries And Funerals.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 29 August 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 840. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.

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