Jim Jess
Appearance
Jim Jess | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname(s) | The Ghost | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1955 | ||
Original team(s) | Avoca, St Arnaud, Maryborough | ||
Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1976–1988 | Richmond | 223 (175)[1] | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jim Jess (born 25 January 1955) is a retired Australian rules football player who was recruited from St. Arnaud after he won the 1975 North Central Football League best and fairest award, the Feeney Medal with 31 votes.
Jess played in the VFL between 1976 and 1988 for the Richmond Football Club and played in Richmond's 1980 VFL grand final win.
Jess also played in Richmond's losing 1982 VFL Grand Final side.
Jess was commonly referred to as 'The Ghost'.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "AFL Tables - Jim Jess - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ Devaney, Jim. "Jim Jess". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External links
[edit]- Jim Jess's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jim Jess at AustralianFootball.com
- Jim Jess profile via TigerlandArchieve
Categories:
- Living people
- Richmond Football Club players
- Richmond Football Club premiership players
- Burnie Football Club players
- Victorian State of Origin players
- All-Australians (1953–1988)
- 1955 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1950s birth stubs