Jim McShane | |
Fullname: | James McShane |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1871 |
Birth Place: | Geelong, Victoria[1] |
Death Place: | Hawthorn, Victoria |
Debutdate: | Round 1, 1897 |
Debutteam: | Geelong |
Debutopponent: | Essendon |
Debutstadium: | Corio Oval |
Statsend: | 1901 |
Years1: | 1897–1901 |
Club1: | Geelong |
Games Goals1: | 82 (53) |
James McShane (28 February 1871 – 25 October 1946) was an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club. McShane was the first player in the VFL/AFL competition to kick ten goals or more in a match when he scored eleven goals against St Kilda in 1899.[2]
His brothers Henry and Joe McShane also played with Geelong, and later at Carlton.