James Ernest Prentice (28 December 1949 – 24 September 2010) 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

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...

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). Prentice returned to play with Ariah Park - Mirrool and won two

South West Football League The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to the West Australian Country Football League. History The idea of creating a larger league was discu ...

best and fairest awards, the Gammage Medal in 1975 and 1977 and was runner up in 1979 too. Prentice was captain coach of Ariah Park - Mirrool from 1976 to 1977. Prentice was captain-coach of

Devonport Football Club Devonport Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Devonport, Tasmania. The club currently competes in the North West Football League (NWFL). The club previously competed in the Northern Tasmanian Football League, but from 20 ...

for one year in 1978 and won the Wander Medal in the

North West Football Union The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Asso ...

, while playing with Devonport. Prentice then returned to play with Ariah Park - Mirrool and was captain of the 1979

inter league representative side. Prentice was captain coach of Girral - West Wyalong in 1987 and kicked eight goals in their

Northern Riverina Football League The Northern Riverina Football Netball League (NRFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing five clubs based in the northern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features four grades in the Austra ...

grand final defeat of Four Corners. Prentice also played in Girral - West Wyalong's 1988 premiership, which was coached by Pat Daniher.

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1972 South Melbourne FC team photo28th July 1973 -VFL Record front cover: Jim Prentice
1949 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Devonport Football Club players 2010 deaths {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub