Australian Football

Excellent overhead, and extremely pacy for such a comparatively big man (183 cm, 82 kg), Jack Pimm commenced with Collingwood as a 19-year-old in 1940, but was then forced to put his football career on the back-burner for five years whilst undertaking military service. He resumed with the Magpies in 1946, and his consistently eye-catching form over the ensuing five seasons caused many to wonder what might have been had he not lost potentially his most effective years to the war. Playing mainly as a centre half forward, he topped Collingwood's goal kicking list in 1949 with 34 goals, and overall had booted 113 goals in 58 senior games by the time he retired the following year.

Author - John Devaney