Jim Jess

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Jim Jess
Personal information
Nickname(s) The Ghost
Date of birth (1955-01-25) 25 January 1955 (age 69)
Original team(s) Avoca/St Arnaud
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1976–1988 Richmond 223 (175)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Career highlights
  • Richmond Premiership Player 1980
  • Interstate Games:- 3
  • All Australian: 1980
  • Richmond - Hall of Fame - inducted 2008
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim Jess (born 25 January 1955) is a retired Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1988 for the Richmond Football Club.

Jess was commonly referred to as 'The Ghost'.[2]

References

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - Jim Jess - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ Devaney, Jim. "Jim Jess". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

  • Jim Jess's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Jim Jess at AustralianFootball.com
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Richmond Football Club 1980 VFL premiers
Richmond 23.21 (159) defeated Collingwood 9.24 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  • 1. Lee
  • 2. Wiley
  • 3. Weightman
  • 4. Raines
  • 5. Dunne
  • 6. Mount
  • 7. Malthouse
  • 8. Roach
  • 11. Monteath (c)
  • 16. Wood
  • 18. Keane
  • 19. Strachan
  • 20. Jess
  • 22. Rowlings
  • 29. Bartlett
  • 30. Bourke
  • 31. Welsh
  • 33. Cloke
  • 44. Freame
  • 46. Smith
Coach: Jewell
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Victorian team 1984 State of Origin
Victoria 16.12 (108) defeated South Australia 16.8 (104), at Football Park, 15 May 1984
Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984
Both games
vs. South Australia
vs. Western Australia
Coach: Jeans


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