Jim Knight (footballer)

Jim Knight (footballer)

Infobox afl player | firstname = Jim
lastname = Knight




birthdate = 3 January 1918
birthplace =
originalteam = Presbyterian Guild
heightweight = 173 cm / 73 kg
dead =
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1939
debutteam = Geelong
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Geelong (1939-41)
* 42 games, 54 goals
Carlton (1942-43)
* 15 games, 7 goalsTotal - 57 Games, 61 Goals
coach =
coachingteams =
statsend = 1943
careerhighlights =

James 'Jim' Bell Knight (3 January 1918 - 11 October 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the VFL.

Munday won a Carji Greeves Medal in 1941 for Geelong's best and fairest player. He joined Carlton in 1942 after Geelong withdrew from the competition due to the war and spent two seasons with the club.

While playing at Carlton he received military training and in 1943 he joined the RAAF at Papua New Guinea in the fight against the Japanese. He was killed when his aircraft crashed accidentally on take off from Goodenough Island.

The runner up in the Geelong Best and Fairest now wins the Jim Knight Memorial Trophy.

External links

*AflRleague|ref=J/Jim_Knight.html
* [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Jim+Knight Blueseum profile]
* [http://www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=148-34231 Roll of Honour page at the Australian War Memorial Website]


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