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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er with the

Footscray Football Club The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the ...

and the Fitzroy Football Club in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

. 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. 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 is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla. History The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...

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 Michael Hallahan (born 14 March 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League. Hallahan commenced his footballing career with Wangaratta Rovers Football Club. For Fitzroy he pla ...

, also played with

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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) {{AFL-bio-1911-stub