James Patrick Hallahan (16 December 1911 – 23 November 1994) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er with the

Footscray Football Club The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Originally named the Footscray F ...

and the

Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of City of Fitzroy, Fitzroy, the club is base ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

. He had a height of 178 cm and weight of 69 kg.Stats
AFL-VFL match and player stats, records and lists Hallahan commenced his footballing career with Rutherglen Football Club as a follower before being transferred to

in 1935 where he played 17 games. For Fitzroy he played 32 games in three seasons during the second world war from 1942 until 1944. In 1945 Hallahan, who came from Brighton under the "lease-lend" system, returned to the

Brighton Football Club The Brighton Football Club, nicknamed the Penguins, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, Victoria, Brighton. The club was a founding member of the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Metropolitan ...

. In 1946, Hallahan coached the Braybrook Football Club. In 1947, Hallahan was captain-coach of the Coolamon Football Club in the

South West Football League (New South Wales) The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales. History The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area wa ...

. Hallahan broke his collarbone late in the season and missed out on leading Coolamon into the SWDFL grand final, which they lost to Narrandera. Jim was captain / coach of the Greta FC in the

Ovens and King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League (OKFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria around the regional cities of Benalla, Victoria, Benalla and Wangaratta, Victoria, Wanga ...

from 1951 to 1953 and played i
Greta's 1954 premiership side.
His father, Jim Hallahan Sr., played with St Kilda in 1904. Hallahan's son, Mike Hallahan, also played with Fitzroy in 1967.

References

1911 births 1994 deaths Western Bulldogs players Fitzroy Football Club players Brighton Football Club players Rutherglen Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1911-stub