Jim Kearney (Australian footballer)
| Jim Kearney | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | James Patrick Kearney | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1893 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 29 February 1944 (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 (4) | |
| 1916 | Richmond | 7 (0) | |
| 1917–1921 | Geelong | 56 (13) | |
| Total | 79 (17) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Geelong (VFL)
[edit]Recruited from Geelong West, he played in 16 matches in 1916.
Richmond (VFL)
[edit]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)
[edit]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
[edit]He died at Geelong on 29 February 1944.[13][14]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p. 1.
- ^ "Nasher" Kearney: Death of Old Time Footballer, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 18 February 1925), p. 7
- ^ Walsh, T.P., "Daniel Kearney—Catholic Layman", The Advocate, (Thursday, 9 April 1925), p. 20.
- ^ Marriages: Kearney—McCoy, The Advocate, (Saturday, 29 August 1891), p. 14.
- ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Thursday, 26 December 1935), p. 1.
- ^ Roll of Honour: Lance Corporal Daniel Timothy Joseph Kearney (7035), The Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriages Registration no.2971/1918.
- ^ Geelong was not in the VFL competition due to World War I travel restrictions.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p. 117.
- ^ Football: Second Semi-Final: Carlton v. Richmond: Carlton Wins, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 19 August 1916), p.3.
- ^ The World War I travel restrictions had been lifted.
- ^ Geelong Football Club Honour Roll Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Deaths: Kearney, The Argus, (Saturday, 4 March 1944), p. 13.
- ^ Former Footballer's Death, The Argus, (Thursday, 2 March 1944), p. 9.
References
[edit]- 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
External links
[edit]- Jim Kearney's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jim Kearney at AustralianFootball.com