| Jim Gallagher | |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1931 |
| Originalteam: | Tallangatta, Assumption College |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Statsend: | 1960 |
| Years1: | 1951–1960 |
| Club1: | Footscray |
| Games Goals1: | 151 (12) |
| Careerhighlights: |
1954
|
Jim Gallagher (born 16 March 1931) is a former AFL or Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.
Originally from Tallangatta,[1] Gallagher was recruited via Assumption College, Kilmore where he won their best and fairest award in 1947 and 1948.[2]
He was a member of Footscray's 1954 premiership winning side, playing as a half back flanker. Despite appearing 151 times for the Bulldogs in the VFL he never once kicked a goal.[3]
Gallagher was a VFL interstate representative and was named in the interchange bench in Footscray's official 'Team of the Century'.[4]