Jim Jess (born 25 January 1955) is a retired

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 ...

player who was recruited from St. Arnaud after he won the 1975 North Central Football League best and fairest award, the Feeney Medal with 31 votes. Jess played in the VFL between 1976 and 1988 for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...

and played in Richmond's 1980 VFL grand final win. Jess also played in Richmond's losing 1982 VFL Grand Final side. Jess was commonly referred to as 'The Ghost'.

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

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Jim Jess profile
via TigerlandArchieve Living people Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club premiership players Burnie Football Club players Victorian State of Origin players All-Australians (1953–1988) 1955 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub