First: | RU |
Jim Fallon | |
Fullname: | James Anthony Fallon |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1965 |
Birth Place: | Windsor, England |
Height: | 6feet |
Weight: | 14st |
Club1: | Leeds |
Year1start: | 1992 |
Year1end: | 96 |
Appearances1: | 140 |
Points1: | 296 |
Ru Position: | Wing |
Ru Club1: | Bath |
Ru Year1start: | 1990 |
Ru Year1end: | 92 |
Ru Club2: | Richmond |
Ru Year2start: | 1996 |
Ru Year2end: | 98 |
Ru Club3: | Bath |
Ru Year3start: | 1998 |
James Anthony Fallon (born 27 March 1965) is an English former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s. He played club rugby union as a wing for Bath (two spells) and Richmond, and rugby league for Leeds, also as a .[1]
Born in Windsor, Fallon attended Belmont Abbey School in Herefordshire.[2] He started his playing career in rugby union. He joined Bath in 1990,[3] helping them win the 1991–92 Pilkington Cup. He also represented England B against Spain.[4]
In 1992, he was persuaded to switch codes by Leeds coach Doug Laughton.[5] He was a losing finalist with Leeds in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 Challenge Cup.
He returned to rugby union in 1996, joining Richmond.[6] He returned to Bath before retiring in 1999 on medical advice following an operation on a detached retina.[7]