Jim Conway (footballer)

Jim Conway
Personal information
Full name James Francis Conway
Date of birth (1925-06-14)14 June 1925
Place of birth North Fremantle, Western Australia
Date of death 3 December 2003(2003-12-03) (aged 78)
Place of death Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) North Fremantle (Ex-Scholars)
Position(s) Rover, centre half-forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943–56 East Fremantle 180 (343)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1947–56 Western Australia 15 (21)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1964–68 Claremont 110 (53–46–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1956.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1968.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

James Francis Conway (14 June 1925 – 28 December 2003)[1] was an Australian rules football player and coach. The winner of the 1950 Sandover Medal, Conway played 180 games for East Fremantle in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) between 1943 and 1956, also representing Western Australia in 15 interstate matches. In 1964, he was appointed coach of Claremont, a position which he held for five years, until 1968. He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2009.

  1. ^ East, Alan (2006). The Medal Men - WA's Sandover Medal Winners. Alan East. pp. 169–174. ISBN 0-9775813-0-6.