Jim Heenan (footballer, born 1906)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1906}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jim Heenan

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|6|18|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|7|23|1906|6|18|df=yes}}

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| originalteam = Northcote

| height = 175 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1930

| years1 = 1930

| club1 = North Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 8 (1)

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Jim Heenan (18 June 1906 – 23 July 1981){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/jim%2Bheenan/5166|title=Jim Heenan – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=12 February 2015}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Heenan was a member of Northcote's 1929 VFA premiership team.{{cite book|last=Fiddian|first=Marc|title=The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995|year=2013|publisher=Melbourne Sports Books}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4083863 |title=Football. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=28 April 1930 |accessdate=12 February 2015 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}

He spent the 1930 VFL season with North Melbourne.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jim_Heenan1_gm.html|title=Jim Heenan – Games Played|publisher=AFL Tables|accessdate=12 February 2015}} In round nine, his seventh league appearance, he was reported for striking Richmond player Bert Foster with his elbow, for which he received an eight-game suspension.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4097459 |title=Football. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=4 July 1930 |accessdate=12 February 2015 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} His return, in round 18, would be his final appearances for North Melbourne.

Later in the decade, Heenan played for the Sunshine Football Club.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164487224 |title=South Districts Win Premiership. |newspaper=Record (Emerald Hill) |location=Victoria |date=25 September 1937 |accessdate=12 February 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}

His son, Jim P. Heenan, played for Essendon in the 1950s.{{cite book|last=Hillier, K.|title=Like Father Like Son| publisher=Pennon Publishing, Melbourne|year=2004|isbn=1-877029-73-4}}{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}