Jim Heenan (footballer, born 1906)

Jim Heenan
Jim Heenan
Personal information
Date of birth	18 June 1906
Date of death	23 July 1981 (aged 75)
Original team(s)	Northcote
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1930	North Melbourne
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim Heenan (18 June 1906 – 23 July 1981)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Heenan was a member of Northcote's 1929 VFA premiership team.^[2]^[3]

He spent the 1930 VFL season with North Melbourne.^[4] In round nine, his seventh league appearance, he was reported for striking Richmond player Bert Foster with his elbow, for which he received an eight-game suspension.^[4]^[5] His return, in round 18, would be his final appearances for North Melbourne.^[4]

Later in the decade, Heenan played for the Sunshine Football Club.^[6]

His son, Jim P. Heenan, played for Essendon in the 1950s.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Jim Heenan – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books.
^ "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 April 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 12 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jim Heenan – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 July 1930. p. 14. Retrieved 12 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "South Districts Win Premiership". Record (Emerald Hill). Victoria. 25 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 12 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Hillier, K. (2004). Like Father Like Son. Pennon Publishing, Melbourne. ISBN 1-877029-73-4.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.