Jim Wills

Australian rules footballer, born 1914

Australian rules footballer

Jim Wills

Personal information
Full name|  James George Wills
Date of birth|  (1914-10-21)21 October 1914
Place of birth|  Geelong, Victoria
Date of death|  14 May 2007(2007-05-14) (aged 92)
Original team(s)|  Geelong West
Height|  170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight|  75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1937–1940|  Geelong|  26 (16)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James George Wills (21 October 1914 – 14 May 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Recruited from Geelong West, Wills played 16 senior games in 1937, his debut season.[1] He was a half forward flanker in the 1937 VFL Grand Final and had 18 kicks in a winning team.[2] He managed just 10 further appearances over the next three years, not featuring at all in the 1939 VFL season.[3] In 1941 he enlisted with the Royal Australian Armoured Corps and served overseas during World War II.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
2. ^ Devaney, John. "1937 VFL Grand Final: Geelong vs. Collingwood". Australian Football.
3. ^ "AFL Tables: Jim Wills". afltables.com.
4. ^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

## External links

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* Jim Wills at AustralianFootball.com

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Geelong Football Club 1937 VFL premiers

Geelong 18.14 (122) defeated Collingwood 12.18 (90), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

* 4\. Slack
* 5\. Evans
* 6\. Dougherty
* 7\. Abbott
* 8\. Arklay
* 9\. Hore
* 10\. Everett
* 13\. Coles
* 14\. Grant
* 15\. Mahon
* 16\. Quinn
* 17\. Hawking
* 18\. Hickey (c)
* 21\. Sellwood
* 22\. Metherell
* 25\. L. Hardiman
* 26\. Wills
* 27\. P. Hardiman
* 28\. Muller

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