Jim Toohey Jr.

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).

Jim Toohey Jr.
Personal information
Full name James Leslie Toohey
Date of birth (1915-06-01)1 June 1915
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria[1]
Date of death 10 February 2004(2004-02-10) (aged 88)
Original team(s) Sandhurst
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1936 Fitzroy 21 (15)
1937 Perth 11 (6)
1938 Fitzroy 14 (17)
1939 Camberwell
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

References
  1. "WW2 Nominal Roll". Australian Government.
  2. "Cashman Cleared to Carlton League Permits". The Argus. Melbourne. 24 May 1934. p. 11. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. "Jim Toohey". AFL Tables.
  4. "Perth v. East Fremantle". Sunday Times. Perth. 4 April 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "FOOTBALL". The Daily News. Perth. 6 March 1937. p. 8. Retrieved 17 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Toohey Has a 'Gallop'". The Daily News. Perth. 4 June 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 17 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Toohey Has Two Engagements". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 May 1939. p. 20. Retrieved 17 March 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.


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