Jimmy Aitken

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{other people|James Aitken}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jimmy Aitken

| image = Jimmy Aitken c1920.jpg

| caption = Aitken in 1920

| fullname = James Munroe Aitken

| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|5|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sebastopol, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|8|27|1872|5|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Caulfield North, Victoria{{cite web|last1=De Bolfo|first1=Tony|title=Revealed! Carlton's first Captain|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2013-08-02/revealed-carltons-first-captain|website=Carltonfc.com.au|access-date=27 January 2016}}

| height =

| weight =

| position = Utility

| statsend = 1898

| years1 = 1891–1896

| club1 = {{AFL Car}} (VFA)

| games_goals1 =

| years2 = 1897–1898

| club2 = {{AFL Car}} (VFL)

| games_goals2 = 15 (3)

| years3 = 1898

| club3 = {{AFL Mel}}

| games_goals3 = {{0}}4 (0)

}}

James Munroe Aitken (15 May 1872 – 27 August 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Aitken was Carlton's inaugural VFL captain when the league formed for the 1897 season, replacing Tom Blake.{{Ref AFL Encyc|1st|3}} He had been the club's vice-captain the previous season when they competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), and was elected captain before the start of the season, with a twelve to eight majority vote. After a disappointing run of form, just making the side to play against South Melbourne and Melbourne, he was left out of the team and replaced by Ernie Walton. Aitken left the Blues midway through the 1898 season and joined Melbourne.De Bolfo, Tony (3 May 2012) [http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/134814/default.aspx Whatever happened to Jimmy Aitken?] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120721042944/http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4311/newsid/134814/default.aspx |date=21 July 2012 }} He played four games for Melbourne before leaving the game. He was the first player in the VFL to play senior premiership matches for two clubs in the same season.{{cite book|last=Rodgers|first=Stephen|title=100 Years of AFL Players - Volume 3|year=1996|publisher=East-Side Printing|location=Melbourne|isbn=0646300164|page=1613}}