James Wandin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Coranderrk Station | 28 July 1933||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 February 2006 | (aged 72)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Jim, Jimmy, Juby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relatives | William Barak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Murrundindi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Wandin (28 July 1933 – 20 February 2006),[1] also known as Jim, Jimmy, or Juby, was the ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri till his death in February 2006. He was the first Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent to play with St Kilda Football Club in 1952–1953.[2]