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Key Facts

Full name
James Prentice

Known as
Jim Prentice

Born
28 December 1949

Died
24 September 2010 (aged 60)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 96d
Last game: 24y 176d

Height and weight
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 89 kg

Senior clubs
South Melbourne

Jumper numbers
South Melbourne: 19

Jim Prentice

Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
South MelbourneV/AFL1971-197458440.7614%10.722.644.974
Total1971-197458440.7614%10.722.644.974

AFL: 8,324th player to appear, 3,970th most games played, 2,290th most goals kickedSouth Melbourne: 980th player to appear, 292nd most games played, 177th most goals kicked

From Ariah Park, Jim Prentice was a solidly built (187cm, 89kg) footballer who made a decent fist of handling the difficult centre half forward position. Between 1971 and 1974 he played 58 VFL games for South Melbourne, and booted 44 goals.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.