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Jim Jess

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Jim Jess
Personal information
Nickname(s) The Ghost
Date of birth (1955-01-25) 25 January 1955 (age 70)
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
  • Richmond Premiership Player 1980
  • Interstate Games:- 3
  • All Australian: 1980
  • Richmond - Hall of Fame - inducted 2008
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

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables - Jim Jess - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ Devaney, Jim. "Jim Jess". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
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