Jimmy Freake

Infobox afl player | firstname = Jimmy
lastname = Freake




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birthdate = 27 January 1889
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heightweight = 178cm / 63 kg
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debutdate = 1912
debutteam = Fitzroy
debutopponent = South Melbourne
debutstadium = Lake Oval
playingteams = Fitzroy (1912-24)
* 174 games, 442 goals
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statsend = 1924
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Jimmy Freake (27 January 1889) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL. A full forward, Freake lacked the height and weight that most had for that position but had considerable pace and ball handling abilities.

Freake was a member of two Fitzroy premiership sides, the first in 1913 and the other in 1922 when he kicked four goals in the Grand Final. He won the club's best and Fairest award in 1918.

His career tally of 442 goals is the fourth most achieved by a Fitzroy player and was a club record when he retired in 1924. He also kicked the most goals ever for Fitzroy in finals football with 45. [ [http://lions.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5085/Default.aspx?newsId=23734 Lions.com.au 1924-1964: An Era of Legends] ] Other goalkicking feats include being the first Fitzroy player to kick 10 goals in a VFL match, topping their goalkicking seven times including a best of 66 goals in 1915 and twice being the leading goalkicker in a VFL season, in 1913 and 1915.

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* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/f.htm#Jimmy%20Freake%20(Fitzroy) Full Points Footy Biography: Jimmy Freake]