Jim Manson (Australian footballer)

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Jim Manson (died 20 May 2010) was an Australian rules football player and local government politician from Tasmania, Australia. [1]

Manson played 210 games for Glenorchy Football Club, winning the club's best and fairest award in 1964. [1] He played as a ruckman and forward. [2] Manson was a member of the Glenorchy City Council from 1996, and was the council's deputy mayor from 2005 until his death. [1] His son James played 167 Australian Football League games and was a member of the 1990 Collingwood Football Club team that won the 1990 AFL Grand Final. [3] Jim Manson was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2009. [1] [2]
Manson was also a television commentator with Hobart television station, TVT6 (later known as Tas-TV and WIN) from the 1970s until the early 1990s, commentating on Tasmanian Football League matches on their World Of Sport program which ended in 1993.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stubbs, Brett (20 May 2010). "'Gentleman' Jim Manson dies". The Mercury . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Old Scholars Of Hobart Junior Technical School, Hobart Technical High School And New Town High School Who Have Made A Significant Contribution To The Sport Of Australian Rules Football" (PDF). New Town High School (Tasmania) . Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Stubbs, Brett (22 May 2010). "Family's sad reflection". The Mercury . News Corp Australia. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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