Jim Craig (Australian footballer)

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Jim Craig (Australian footballer) - Wikipedia

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Jim Craig

Personal information
Full name	James Craig
Nickname(s)	Gibraltar
Date of birth	(1900-10-15)15 October 1900
Place of birth	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Date of death	23 November 1978(1978-11-23) (aged 68)
Place of death	Embleton, Western Australia
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1918–31	West Perth	203 (57)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1924–29	Western Australia	18 (2)
Career highlights
Sandover Medal 1927 West Perth captain 1928, 1930 West Perth Team of the Century (2000)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

James Craig (15 October 1900 – 23 November 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He was the winner of the 1927 Sandover Medal as the "fairest and best" player in the league.

Family

James Craig was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 15 October 1900.^[1]

Football

West Perth

He began playing with West Perth in 1918.

Craig captained West Perth during part of the 1928 season and for the entire 1930 season.

Having announced his retirement prior to the 1931 season,^[2] he resumed training in late June,^[3] and played several matches in the latter half of the 1931 season. He retired at the end of 1931,^[4] having played 203 games for West Perth.^[5]

Western Australia

He made his debut for Western Australia at the 1924 Australasian Football Carnival, held in Hobart. Craig also played in the 1927 carnival held in Melbourne, in total playing in 18 interstate and carnival matches for the state.

Sandover Medal

With seven votes, Craig was the winner of the 1927 Sandover Medal.^[6]

West Perth's "Team of the Century"

In 2000, he was included as an interchange player in West Perth's "Team of the Century".^[7]

West Australian Football Hall of Fame

In 2005 he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Death

He died in Embleton in 1978.^[1]

Footnotes

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jim Craig (Australian footballer).

^ ^a ^b West Australian Football Hall of Fame members – West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ 'Kudex', "Jim Craig's Retirement", The (Perth) Daily News, (Friday, 17 April 1931), p.3.
^ 'Follower', "Football: Among the Players: J. Craig's Reappearance", The West Australian, (Wednesday, 1 July 1931), p.6.
^ Football: West Perth Club's Meeting, The West Australian, (Friday, 4 March 1932), p.11.
^ australianfootball.com.
^ "Fairest and Best Player for 1927", The (Perth) Daily News, (Friday, 16 September 1927), p.8.
^ West Perth – Official 'Team of the Century' Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine – FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

External links

Jim Craig at AustralianFootball.com

Sandover Medal winners

1921: Hoft / Outridge
1922: Boyd
1923: W. Thomas
1924: Gosnell
1925: Owens
1926: Leonard
1927: Craig
1928: Rocchi
1929: Leonard / B. Thomas
1930: Flemming
1931: Richards
1932: Hough
1933: S. Clarke
1934: S. Clarke
1935: Krepp / Daily
1936: Moloney
1937: Jenkins
1938: Bunton Sr.
1939: Bunton Sr.
1940: O'Keefe
1941: Bunton Sr.
1942: Bowen
1943: Moriarty
1944: Davies
1945: Bailey
1946: Loughridge
1947: Lewington
1948: McIntosh
1949: Maffina
1950: Allen / Conway
1951: Buttsworth
1952: Marsh
1953: McIntosh
1954: McIntosh
1955: Todd
1956: Farmer
1957: J. Clarke / Farmer
1958: Kilmurray
1959: Foley
1960: Farmer
1961: Beard / Sorrell
1962: Bunton Jr.
1963: Sorrell
1964: Cable
1965: Walker
1966: Walker
1967: Parkinson / Walker
1968: Cable
1969: Brown
1970: Dalton / Walker
1971: Hollins
1972: Miller
1973: Cable
1974: Melrose
1975: Quartermaine
1976: Spencer
1977: Peake
1978: Kelly
1979: Kelly
1980: Michael
1981: Michael
1982: Narkle
1983: Cousins / Ironmonger
1984: Malaxos / M. Mitchell / Spencer
1985: Wrensted
1986: Bairstow
1987: Watson
1988: Bain
1989: Edwards
1990: Grasso
1991: Dargie
1992: West
1993: Mildenhall
1994: Dargie
1995: Treleven
1996: Wasley
1997: Anderson
1998: Bromage
1999: Seebeck
2000: Ambrose
2001: Turnbull
2002: Pickett
2003: Beros
2004: Pickett
2005: Crabb / McGrath
2006: Priddis
2007: Jones
2008: Ballantyne
2009: Young
2010: Krakouer
2011: Blackwell
2012: K. Mitchell
2013: O'Brien
2014: Black
2015: Tropiano
2016: Bolton
2017: Schloithe
2018: Bolton
2019: Delahunty
2020: Fisher
2021: Rogers
2022: Boekhorst
2023: Brayshaw

The Sandover Medal has been awarded every year since 1921 to the fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations.

v t e West Perth Football Club – Team of the Century
FB Price Schofield Dempsey
HB Boyd France Flemming
C Menaglio Whinnen Heal
HF Loughridge Buttsworth Marinko
FF Valli Tyson Foley
R Farmer O'Keefe Fong
I Ashdown Craig Gosnell McDiarmid Scott Tetley Watling
announced October 2000

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