Jim Grace
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{for|the ecologist|James B. Grace}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jim Grace
| image = Jim Grace 1905.jpg
| caption = Cigarette card of Grace in 1905
| fullname = James Grace
| birth_date = 21 September 1868
| birth_place = Burnley, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|12|31|1868|9|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = Royal Park, Melbourne
| debutdate = Round 5, 1890
| debutteam = Fitzroy
| debutopponent = Geelong
| height = 182 cm
| weight = 78 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1899
| years1 = 1890–1896
| club1 = Fitzroy (VFA)
| games_goals1 = 131 (248)
| years2 = 1897–1899
| club2 = Fitzroy (VFL)
| games_goals2 = 47 (33)
| games_goalstotal = 178 (281)
| careerhighlights =
- VFA premiership player: 1895
- 2× VFL premiership player: 1898, 1899
- VFA leading goalkicker: 1890, 1891
- Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896
}}
Jim Grace (21 September 1868 – 31 December 1938{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12082175 |title=MR. J. GRACE |newspaper=The Argus |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 January 1939 |page=4}}) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the club's early years. His younger brother, Mick Grace, played beside him at Fitzroy.{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|330}}
Football
Grace joined Fitzroy in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1890. He played as a full-forward and dominated Fitzroy's goalkicking during his time at the club, winning the club's leading goalkicker award every year from his debut through until 1896. He was also the league's leading goalkicker in his first two seasons, 1890 and 1891. Grace was part of Fitzroy's 1895 premiership team, the same season that his younger brother Mick joined him at the Maroons.Donald, C., [https://books.google.com/books?id=zu305oUYP5kC&dq=mick+grace+fitzroy+VFA&pg=PA18 Fitzroy: for the love of the jumper], Retrieved 9 April 2011.
After Fitzroy broke away from the VFA to join the new Victorian Football League (VFL) competition, Grace spent a further three seasons at Fitzroy, playing in Fitzroy's 1898 and 1899 premierships. By this stage of his career, he played often as a ruckman and follower, spending less time at full-forward than he had earlier in his career.
He retired at the end of 1899, with his career tally of 281 goals standing as a club record until Round 3 of 1918, when it was broken by Jim Freake. This record was subsequently broken in Round 6 of 1931 by Jack Moriarty (son of Grace's long time teammate Geoff), who still holds the record.
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References
- [https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100083/18/Mark%27s%2BBook%2BVolume%2B4%2Br.pdf Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.] {{isbn|978-0-646-93604-8}}
External links
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
Category:Fitzroy Football Club (VFA) players
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:People from Burnley, Victoria
Category:People from the Colony of Victoria
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