Roy James

Last updated

Roy James
Personal information
Full name Roy James
Date of birth(1900-01-28)28 January 1900
Date of death 20 October 1975(1975-10-20) (aged 75)
Original team(s) Golden Point
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Wingman
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1923–24 Melbourne 3 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Roy James (28 January 1900 – 20 October 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1] Originally from Golden Point in the Ballarat Football League, it was expected that South Melbourne would recruit James, but in what was described as a "triumph" by the Football Record , the Melbourne secretary, Andrew Manzie, signed him instead. [2] He was cleared to Essendon in 1926, [3] but never played a senior match for the Bombers.

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Melbourne Football Club Australian rules football club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club, playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). It is named after and based in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 436. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. ↑ "Round 1, 1923". Football Record. 5 May 1923. p. 23. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Round 2, 1926". Football Record. 8 May 1926. p. 26. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

Related Research Articles

Essendon Football Club Australian rules football club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Thought to have formed in 1872, the club played its first recorded game on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton Second 20, winning 1 goal to nil. The club played a senior club in the Victorian Football Association in 1878, one year after the VFA formed. It is historically associated with Essendon, a suburb in the north-west of Melbourne, Victoria. Since 2013, the club has been headquartered at The Hangar, Melbourne Airport, and plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground; throughout most of its history the club's home ground and headquarters was Windy Hill, Essendon, where it played from 1922 until 1991. While it stopped playing games at the ground thereafter, Windy Hill remained its training and administration base until the end of 2013. Dyson Heppell is the current team captain.

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League (VFL) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria. The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association (VFA), and has been known by its current name since 1996. For historical purposes, the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL, to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League, which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL.

1897 VFL season

The 1897 Victorian Football League season was the inaugural season of the VFL Australian rules football competition.

1903 VFL season

The 1903 Victorian Football League season was the seventh season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

The 2007 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring twelve teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

1920 VFL season

The 1920 Victorian Football League season was the 24th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

1923 VFL season

The 1923 Victorian Football League season was the 27th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

1926 VFL season

The 1926 Victorian Football League season was the 30th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

James McIlwrick Caldwell was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Charlie Hardy was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1910s and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1920s.

Robert 'Bob' Merrick was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the VFL.

Roy McEachen was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

George Bolt (footballer) Australian rules footballer

George James Bolt was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton, Hawthorn and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Lindsay Beck Australian rules footballer

Lindsay George Beck was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Ivan Edwin Brian Corry was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Aubrey Valentine "Val" Marchesi was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Norm Lugg Australian rules footballer

Private Norman Victor "Norm" Lugg was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Denis "Dinny" McKay was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Victorian Football League (VFL). He played briefly with Richmond, in 1892 and 1893, but otherwise was with South Melbourne until their final VFA season in 1896. His sudden death during the 1897 VFL season was considered a severe loss to football.

Neville Stibbard was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).