Jim_Heenan_(footballer,_born_1906)

Jim Heenan (footballer, born 1906)

Jim Heenan (footballer, born 1906)

Australian rules footballer, born 1906

Jim Heenan (18 June 1906 – 23 July 1981)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Heenan was a member of Northcote's 1929 VFA premiership team.[2][3]

He spent the 1930 VFL season with North Melbourne.[4] In round nine, his seventh league appearance, he was reported for striking Richmond player Bert Foster with his elbow, for which he received an eight-game suspension.[4][5] His return, in round 18, would be his final appearances for North Melbourne.[4]

Later in the decade, Heenan played for the Sunshine Football Club.[6]

His son, Jim P. Heenan, played for Essendon in the 1950s.[7][8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jim Heenan – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. [2]
    Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books.
  3. [3]
    "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 April 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 12 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "Jim Heenan – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 July 1930. p. 14. Retrieved 12 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    "South Districts Win Premiership". Record (Emerald Hill). Victoria. 25 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 12 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    Hillier, K. (2004). Like Father Like Son. Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
  8. [8]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.


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