Jim Shanahan
Jobson during his Collingwood career
Personal information
Full name James Joseph Leo Shanahan
Date of birth (1901-06-01)1 June 1901
Place of birth Guildford, Western Australia[1]
Date of death 8 September 1985(1985-09-08) (aged 84)[2]
Place of death Sunshine West, Victoria
Original team(s) Horsham
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1924–1926 Collingwood 42 (0)
1927 Carlton 02 (1)
1928–1929 Fitzroy 27 (3)
Total 71 (4)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1929.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

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]

References

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