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Key Facts

Full name
Jim Anderson

Known as
Jim Anderson

Senior clubs
West Perth

Jim Anderson


ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
DarwinNTFL1954-1971
West PerthWANFL1962671.17
Total1954-1971671.17

In a football career spanning the years 1954 to 1971 Jimmy Anderson was both highly respected and much decorated. A three-time club best and fairest award winner, he also twice finished runner-up in the voting for the Nichols Medal. The precise number of NTFL games he played is not clear but it is known that he played in no fewer than nine grand finals for three wins. Anderson spent the 1962 season with West Perth for whom he played half a dozen WANFL games and kicked seven goals.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Crème de la Crème

Footnotes

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