Jimmy Freake

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Jimmy Freake

| image = Freake.JPG

| image_size = 120

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = James Henry Freake

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|1|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Collingwood, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|5|19|1889|1|27|df=yes}}

| death_place = Preston, Victoria

| debutdate = 1912

| debutteam = Fitzroy

| debutopponent = South Melbourne

| debutstadium = Lake Oval

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 63 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1924

| years1 = 1912–1924

| club1 = Fitzroy

| games_goals1 = 174 (442)

| coachyears1 = 1929

| coachclub1 = Fitzroy

| coachgames_wins1 = 8 (1–7–0)

| careerhighlights = *2× VFL premierships: 1913, 1922

• VFL leading goalkicker: 1915
• Fitzroy Club Champion: 1918
• 7× Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923

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James Henry Freake (27 January 1889 – 19 May 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A full forward, Freake lacked the height and weight that most had for that position but had considerable pace and ball handling abilities.

Freake was a member of two Fitzroy premiership sides, the first in 1913 and the other in 1922, when he kicked four goals in the Grand Final. He won the club's best and fairest award in 1918.

His career tally of 442 goals is the fourth most achieved by a Fitzroy player and was a club record when he retired in 1924. He also kicked the most goals ever for Fitzroy in finals football with 45.{{cite web|title=1924-1964: An Era of Legends |url=http://www.lions.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5085/Default.aspx?newsId=23734 |publisher=Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions AFC |access-date=26 January 2011 |date=1 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706105919/http://www.lions.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5085/Default.aspx?newsId=23734 |archive-date= 6 July 2011 }} Other goalkicking feats include being the first Fitzroy player to kick 10 goals in a VFL match, topping their goalkicking seven times including a best of 66 goals in 1915 and twice being the leading goalkicker in a VFL season, in 1913 and 1915.{{cite web |title=Jimmy Freake |url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/105032 |website=Brisbane Lions |date=27 November 2019 |access-date=18 February 2020}}

Freake died in Preston in 1937.{{cite news|title=OBITUARY|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11066104?searchTerm=james%20henry%20freake&searchLimits=|access-date=26 January 2011|newspaper=The Argus|date=22 May 1937}}