Jim Toohey Jr. Explained

Jim Toohey Jr.
Fullname:James Leslie Toohey
Birth Date:1 June 1915
Birth Place:Carlton, Victoria[1]
Originalteam:Sandhurst
Height:185 cm
Weight:92 kg
Club1:Fitzroy
Years1:1935–1936
Games Goals1:21 (15)
Club2:Perth
Years2:1937
Games Goals2:11 (6)
Club3:Fitzroy
Years3:1938
Games Goals3:14 (17)
Club4:Camberwell
Years4:1939
Statsend:1938

James Leslie Toohey Jr. (1 June 1915 – 10 February 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Toohey, a Sandhurst recruit, started out in the Fitzroy seconds in 1934.[2] He began his league career in 1935, when he played seven senior games, which was bettered by 14 appearances in 1938.[3]

In 1937, Toohey joined Western Australian National Football League club Perth.[4] His father, former Fitzroy player Jim Toohey Sr., was a member of the Perth Football Club committee.[5] He had to wait until mid-season to make his debut, in order to fulfill the three-month residential qualification required to get an interstate permit at that time.[6]

Toohey returned to Fitzroy after just one season in Perth and made 14 league appearances in the 1938 VFL season.[3]

He was cleared to Camberwell in 1939.[7]

Toohey's younger brother, Jack, played with Fitzroy for six seasons, from 1947 to 1952.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WW2 Nominal Roll. Australian Government.
  2. News: Cashman Cleared to Carlton League Permits.. The Argus. Melbourne. 24 May 1934. 18 March 2014. 11.
  3. Web site: Jim Toohey. AFL Tables.
  4. News: Perth v. East Fremantle. . . Perth . 4 April 1937 . 17 March 2014 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: FOOTBALL. . . Perth . 6 March 1937 . 17 March 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Toohey Has a 'Gallop'. . . Perth . 4 June 1937 . 17 March 2014 . 6. National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Toohey Has Two Engagements. . . Melbourne . 5 May 1939 . 17 March 2014 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
  8. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.