Jim Shanahan Explained

Jim Shanahan
Fullname:James Joseph Leo Shanahan
Birth Date:1 June 1901
Birth Place:Guildford, Western Australia[1]
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Sunshine West, Victoria
Originalteam:Horsham
Height:182 cm
Weight:79 kg
Statsend:1929
Years1:1924–1926
Club1:Collingwood
Games Goals1:42 (0)
Years2:1927
Club2:Carlton
Games Goals2:2 (1)
Years3:1928–1929
Club3:Fitzroy
Games Goals3:27 (3)
Games Goalstotal:71 (4)

James Joseph Leo Shanahan (1 June 1901 – 8 September 1985)[3] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood, Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[4]

Shanahan was born in Western Australia, but came to the VFL from Horsham.[5] A defender, he played in a back pocket for Collingwood in the 1925 VFL Grand Final and was on a half back flank in the 1926 VFL Grand Final. He finished on the losing team in both matches.[6]

He went to Carlton for the first part of the 1927 VFL season, playing in the seniors in rounds four and five.[6] [7]

Shanahan returned to Collingwood midway through 1927[8] and played in the VFL Seconds finals series.[9] Shanahan also played for Collingwood against Western Australia[10] at Subiaco in August, 1927,[11] kicking two goals[12] and best on ground honours![13]

In 1928 Shanahan played 17 games with Fitzroy.

Shanahan was appointed as captain / coach of the Camberwell Football Club in 1929[14] [15] but resigned after five games, playing his last game against Yarraville on Saturday, 18 May 1929[16] and was cleared back to Fitzroy where he played out the 1929 season, playing his first match on Saturday, 22 June 1929 against Richmond.[17] [18]

Shanahan then crossed to Williamstown in 1930.[19]

Shanahan, who worked as a police officer, was appointed coach of Williamstown the following year, in 1931[20] but was forced to resign before the beginning of the season by the Victorian Chief Commissioner, who ruled that members of the police force could not be football coaches.[21] [22]

He married Hannah Elizabeth James in 1931 in Carlton, Victoria. They had four children: Leo, Lawrence, Margaret and Johnny.

Shanahan coached the Henty Football Club in the Albury & District Football League in 1939, only to lose the grand final from a goal kicked after the final siren by a Brocklesby player.[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World War Two Nominal Roll. Government of Australia.
  2. Web site: Jim Shanahan. Blueseum.
  3. Web site: Jim J Shanahan. Collingwood Forever. 21 September 2014.
  4. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  5. Web site: Former Horsham player a coach . Trove Newspapers . The Horsham Times . 20 November 2020 . 4 . 20 January 1931.
  6. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jim_Shanahan.html AFL Tables: Jim Shanahan
  7. Web site: League Football - Jim Shanahan . Trove Newspapers . Table Talk . 20 November 2020 . 41 . 26 May 1927.
  8. Web site: 1927 - VFL Permits . Trove Newspapers . The Argus . 27 November 2020 . 15 . 29 June 1927.
  9. Web site: 1927 - League Seconds...Semi Final Tomorrow . Trove Newspapers . The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) . 20 November 2020 . 3 . 21 September 1927.
  10. Web site: 1927 - Fighting Magpies . Trove Newspapers . The Daily News (Perth, WA) . 20 November 2020 . 1 . 12 August 1927.
  11. Web site: 1927 - Collingwood Team Chosen . Trove Newspapers . The Daily News (Perth, WA) . 20 November 2020 . 1 . 19 August 1927.
  12. Web site: 1927 - The Collingwood Visit . Trove Newspapers . Western Mail (Perth, WA) . 20 November 2020 . 18 . 25 August 1927.
  13. Web site: Shanahan to coach Williamstown . Trove Newspapers . The Herald . 20 November 2020 . 5 . 17 January 1931.
  14. Web site: 1929 - Shanahan, Camberwell coach . Trove Newspapers . Referee (Sydney, NSW) . 17 November 2020 . 15 . 27 March 1929.
  15. Web site: 1929 - VFA effort to recover prestige! . Trove Newspapers . Sporting Globe . 17 November 2020 . 1 . 17 April 1929.
  16. Web site: 1929 - VFA Teams . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 17 November 2020 . 6 . 17 May 1929.
  17. Web site: 1929 - VFL Teams . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 17 November 2020 . 6 . 21 June 1929.
  18. Web site: Boyles - Camberwell FC History Part One. . Boyles Football Photos . 17 November 2020.
  19. Web site: 1930 - Williamstown Club Notes . Trove Newspapers . The Argus . 20 November 2020 . 10 . 25 April 1925.
  20. Web site: 1931 - Shanahan, Williamstown coach . Trove Newspapers . Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) . 17 November 2020 . 5 . 17 January 1931.
  21. Western Mail,"Policemen in Victoria", 16 April 1931, p. 13
  22. Web site: 1931 - Football notes . Trove Newspapers . Williamstown Chronicle . 20 November 2020 . 3 . 11 April 1931.
  23. Web site: 1939 - Brocklesby win Mackie Pennant . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 2 . 18 September 1939.
  24. Web site: 1939 - Kicked vital goal . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 5 . 19 September 1939.
  25. Web site: 1939 - Football: Henty Protests . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 5 . 19 September 1939.
  26. Web site: 1939 - ALBURY DISTRICT LEAGUE: Premiership to Brocklesby . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 6 . 22 September 1939.
  27. Web site: 1939 - A. & D. LEAGUE PREMIERS . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 7 . 29 September 1939.
  28. Web site: 1939 - Amazing Football Premiership . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW) . 19 January 2022 . 6 . 3 October 1939.

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