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Australian rules footballer

Jim Gallagher
Personal information
Date of birth	(1931-03-16) 16 March 1931 (age 93)
Original team(s)	Assumption College
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1951–1960	Footscray	151 (12)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Career highlights
VFL premiership player: 1954 Footscray Team of the Century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim Gallagher (born 16 March 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s. 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.

Gallagher was a VFL interstate representative and was named in the interchange bench in Footscray's official 'Team of the Century'.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 219. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
Most games, no goals
Footscray Team of the Century

External links

Jim Gallagher's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Jim Gallagher at AustralianFootball.com

v t e Footscray Football Club 1954 VFL premiers
Footscray 15.12 (102) defeated Melbourne 7.9 (51), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Kerr 2. Collins 3. Whitten 5. Box 6. Sutton (c) 7. Duffy 9. Ross 11. Edwards 17. Stockman 18. Bryden 19. Martin 22. Donald 24. Gallagher 25. Henderson 26. Nuttall 28. Reynolds 30. Abbey 32. Stevens 33. McCarthy 34. Gilmore
Coach: Sutton

v t e Western Bulldogs: Team of the Century
Full-back	Charlie Sutton Herb Henderson John Schultz
Half-back	Wally Donald Ted Whitten (c) John Jillard
Centre	Harry Hickey Allan Hopkins Doug Hawkins
Half-forward	Alby Morrison Kelvin Templeton Chris Grant
Full-forward	Jack Collins Simon Beasley George Bisset
Ruck	Gary Dempsey Scott West Brian Royal
Interchange	Jim Gallagher Arthur Olliver Brad Johnson Norman Ware Tony Liberatore Scott Wynd
Coach	Charlie Sutton

v t e 1954 Sporting Life Team of the Year
Defenders Wally Donald (Footscray) Ken Caporn (Claremont) John Marriott (Norwood) Noel McMahen (Melbourne) Laurie Kettlewell (Subiaco) Jim Gallagher (Footscray)
Midfielders Jack Lynch (West Adelaide) Ted Whitten (Footscray) Keith Harper (Perth)
Forwards Jim Deane (Richmond) John Brady (North Melbourne) Bob Rose (Collingwood) Neil Mann (Collingwood) Jack Collins (Footscray) Peter Pianto (Geelong)
Followers Ken Hands (Carlton) John Leedham (North Launceston) Bill Hutchison (Essendon)

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