Jim Crowe (footballer)

Not to be confused with Jim Crow (footballer).

Jim Crowe
Personal information
Full name	James 'Jim' Crowe
Date of birth	18 May 1909
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	21 May 1979(1979-05-21) (aged 70)
Original team(s)	Royal Rovers
Debut	Round 1, 1929, Carlton vs. Essendon, at Princes Park
Height / weight	171 cm / 72 kg
Position(s)	Forward/Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1929–1934 1936–1937 Total	Carlton Collingwood	083 (37) 021 0(0) 104 (37)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1947	Footscray	19 (8–10–1)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.

James 'Jim' Crowe (18 May 1909 – 21 May 1979)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Crowe started his career as a half forward flanker before being moved into defence as a rebound player. He was a member of Carlton's losing 1932 Grand Final side and in 1936 crossed to Collingwood. In his first year with Collingwood he played in a premiership, occupying a back pocket in the Grand Final.

In 1947 he coached Footscray for a season, with the club finishing ninth out of the twelve clubs.

References

↑ "Jim Crowe". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Jim Crowe's statistics from AFL Tables
Jim Crowe's profile from AustralianFootball.com

Collingwood Football Club 1936 VFL premiers

Collingwood 11.23 (89) defeated South Melbourne 10.18 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. H. Collier (c) 2. A. Collier 3. Bowyer 4. Carmody 7. Doherty 8. Froude 9. Fraser 12. Knight 12. Kyne 13. Morgan 16. Regan 17. Riley 18. Ross 19. Stackpole 20. Todd 21. Pannam 21. Whelan 22. Woods 34. Crowe

Coach: McHale

Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

1925: McCarthy 1926: Saunders 1926: Cassidy 1927–1928: Scanlan 1929: Eason 1930: Hopkins 1931–1933: Cubbins 1934–1935: Morrison 1935–1937: Coventry 1937–1940: Kelly 1941–1942: Ware 1943–1946: Olliver 1947: Crowe 1948–1950: Olliver 1951–1957: Sutton 1951: McLaren 1952; 1953: Donald 1957–1966: Whitten 1959; 1960: Ryan 1961; 1962; 1964; 1966: Findlay 1967–1968: Sutton 1969–1971: Whitten 1972–1975: Rose 1976–1978: Goggin 1978–1979: McKenzie 1980–1982: Hart 1981: Goode 1982–1983: Hampshire 1984–1989: Malthouse 1990–1994: Wheeler 1994–1996: Joyce 1996–2002: Wallace 2002–2004: Rohde 2005–2011: Eade 2011: Williams 2012–2014: McCartney 2015–: Beveridge

Italics denote caretaker coach

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