Jim Cassidy (coach)

Jim Cassidy
Personal information
Full name James Joseph Cassidy
Date of birth (1878-05-02)2 May 1878
Place of birth Scotland[1]
Date of death 3 April 1956(1956-04-03) (aged 77)
Place of death Nathalia
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1897, 1909 Footscray (VFA)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1908–09, 1912–15, 1918 Footscray(VFA)
1926 Footscray 8 (1–7–0)
Career highlights
  • Premiership coach (VFA) 1908, 1913

James Joseph Cassidy (2 May 1878 – 3 April 1956[2] ) was an Australian rules football coach who coached Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Cassidy played and coached Footscray in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) prior to his appointment as senior VFL coach.[3] He coached Footscray to the 1908 and 1913 VFA premierships, then later worked at Footscray as a club trainer.[3] In the 1926 VFL season, Cassidy was in charge of Footscray's seniors for the first eight rounds, before resigning.[4] The club managed just one win under Cassidy but it was just their second season in the league. In 2010 he was inducted into the Bulldogs Hall of Fame.[3]

  1. ^ "Jim Cassidy Knew All The Champions". Sporting Globe. Melbourne. 30 June 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 23 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 April 1956. p. 15. Retrieved 2 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b c "Pioneers – Footscray-Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame". westernbulldogs.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Australian Rules". Referee. Sydney. 23 June 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 23 August 2015 – via National Library of Australia.