James Henry Lawrence Hovey (15 August 1922 – 28 March 1995) 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 who played with

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

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 ...

(VFL). Hovey, a

back pocket In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...

player, arrived at Geelong from Modewarre and debuted in 1946, when he appeared in every game from round seven. He played 17 games in 1947 and gathered all of his five career

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

votes that year, then made a further 11 appearances in 1948. Following his career at Geelong, Hovey coached in country Victoria, first at

Wimmera Football League The Wimmera Football League is a major Australian rules country league based in Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region: the regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murtoa ...

club Murtoa in 1949, before being appointed coach of

Mooroopna Mooroopna is a rural town located north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. At the 2016 census, Moor ...

in 1950. Hovey kicked two goals for

Shepparton Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...

when they defeated

Tatura Tatura is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, and is situated within the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital (Melbourne) and west of the regional centre of Shepparton. At the 2 ...

in the 1951

Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian Co ...

grand final. Hovey won the 1952

Central Goulburn Valley Football League The Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was established on Monday, 11 March 1946 at the Annual General Meeting of the Goulburn Valley Football Association, when a name change of this Australian rules football competition took place. Hi ...

best and fairest award, the Neal Hanlon Trophy, as captain / coach of

Tallygaroopna Tallygaroopna () is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Goulburn Valley Highway in the City of Greater Shepparton Local government in Australia, local government area, north of ...

. He was the second of three brothers to play league football for Geelong, the eldest Ced Hovey played 10 games in 1945 and the youngest

Ron Hovey Ronald Clive Hovey (25 August 1932 – 6 January 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Career Hovey played in the 1947 Shepparton Boys Football Club's Central Goulburn Valley ...

captained the club in 1960. His son,

Wayne Hovey Wayne Hovey (born 13 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the ea ...

, also played with Geelong.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hovey, Jim 1922 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Murtoa Football Club players Mooroopna Football Club players 1995 deaths