Jim Davies (footballer)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jim Davies

| fullname = James Dalis Davies

| image = Jim Davies 1951.png

| birth_date = 6 December 1926

| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|8|15|1926|12|6|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam =

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 72 kg

| position =

| club1 = West Perth

| years1 = 1942

| games_goals1 = {{0}}1 {{0}}(0)

| club2 = Swan Districts

| years2 = 1943–1948

| games_goals2 = 73 (67)

| club3 = Carlton

| years3 = 1949–1950

| games_goals3 = 16 {{0}}(1)

| club4 = Claremont

| years4 = 1951–1954

| games_goals4 = 57 (69)

| statsend = 1954

| careerhighlights = *1944 Sandover Medal

}}

James Dalis Davies (6 December 1926 – 15 August 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Swan Districts in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite news|last=Townsend|first=John|title=Sandover winner Davies made his mark|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/7773950/sandover-winner-left-his-mark/|access-date=21 February 2012|newspaper=The West Australian|date=17 August 2010}}

Davies won a Sandover Medal with Swan Districts in 1944 and played with them until being recruited by Carlton for the 1949 season. After two seasons in the VFL he returned to Western Australia to play for Claremont.

After retiring from playing football, he became involved in the administration of the game, culminating in becoming chairman of the WANFL in 1975. He was also the Director-General of the WA education department.

His son Craig Davies represented Australia in field hockey.