Jim Forsyth
Personal information
Full name James Forsyth
Date of birth (1944-07-23) 23 July 1944 (age 79)
Original team(s) Thorpdale
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1963–1967 Essendon 29 (4)
1968–1970 West Torrens 58
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1970.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Forsyth (born 23 July 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played with West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League.

Forsyth began his career at Essendon, where he arrived to from Thorpdale.[1] A ruckman, he struggled to get regular games with the strong Essendon side of the 1960s but did take part in their 1966 finals campaign.[1][2] He went to West Torrens in 1968 and the same year represented South Australia in an interstate match against Western Australia.[3] Forsyth was also a member of the South Australian interstate squad for the 1969 Adelaide Carnival, although he didn't get a game.[3]

He left West Torrens to play for Yarrawonga, in 1971 and 1972.[4] Over the next four seasons, Forsyth captain-coached Drouin, then in 1977 and 1978 he held the same role at Trafalgar.[4]

His son, Tim Forsyth, is a bronze medal-winning Olympic high jumper.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ "Jim Forsyth". AFL Tables.
  3. ^ a b "Jim Forsyth". Australian football.com.
  4. ^ a b "Forsyth, James S." Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. (Archived)
  5. ^ "Yallourn schoolboy outshines Games medallists". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 March 1990. p. 24. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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