Jim Adamson

Jim Adamson
Personal information
Date of birth	1 August 1905
Debut	1929, North Melbourne
Height / weight	178 cm / 87 kg
Playing career1
North Melbourne (1929-41) 180 games, 13 goals
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim Adamson (born 1 August 1905, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the VFL for over a decade.

Adamson made his debut for North Melbourne in 1929 and became a regular in the side throughout the 1930s. He was club captain in both the 1937 and 1940 seasons, the latter as caretaker coach. In 1940 he also won North's Syd Barker Medal, and in doing so at the age of 35 became the second oldest best and fairest winner for any club in the league's history. The only player older was 36 year old Cyril Gambetta for St Kilda.

External links

• Jim Adamson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Listing at kangaroos.com.au as deceased

File:VIctorian Interstate-Team-(1933).jpg

The Victorian Team that beat New South Wales, in Sydney, 23.17 (155) to 19.22 (136) during the 1933 Sydney Carnival on Wednesday, 2 August 1933.
Back Row: R.T. "Dick" Mullaly (South Melbourne; selector), D.H. “Dave” Crone (Carlton; selector), R. Lee (trainer) Alf "Rosie" Dummett (Collingwood; selector).
Third Row: Charlie Gaudion, Charlie Davey, Paddy Walsh, Norman Ware, Gordon Strang, Gordon Coventry, Jim Adamson.
Second Row: William Roberts, Jack L. Collins, Reg Hickey, John Francis Meere (North Melbourne; manager), Syd Coventry (captain), Haydn Bunton, Bob Pratt, Bert Hyde.
Front Row: Harry Clarke, Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn, Jack Anderson, Billy Libbis, Gordon Ogden.