Jim Logan (Australian footballer)

James Henry Benjamin Logan (12 April 1911 – 25 January 1999) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Jim Logan
Personal information
Full name James Henry Benjamin Logan
Date of birth (1911-04-12)12 April 1911
Date of death 25 January 1999(1999-01-25) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Box Hill
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1942 Hawthorn 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The eighth of ten children born to George Henry Logan (1869–1938) and Emma Harriet Logan (1877–1946), née Fisher, James Henry Benjamin Logan was born in Clifton Hill, Victoria on 12 April 1911.[2]

His older brother, Albert Clarence Hill "Dick" Logan was also a VFL footballer with Hawthorn.

Football

Hawthorn (VFL)

Originally from Surrey Hills, Jim Logan was granted a permit to play for Hawthorn during the 1942 VFL season.[3] Logan played a single VFL game, lining up in the forward pocket in Hawthorn's loss to Melbourne on 30 May 1942.[4] The next week he was listed as injured[5] and although he remained on the training list through until 1943[6] he never managed another senior game.

Military service

Aged 33, Logan enlisted to serve in the RAAF in early 1945, and served for 13 months.[7]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 522. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria". Government of Victoria.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Age (27, 184). Victoria, Australia. 4 June 1942. p. 4.
  4. "DEMONS' 1st FOR SEASON". Sporting Globe (2081). Victoria, Australia. 30 May 1942. p. 3.
  5. "FOOTBALL". The Age (27, 185). Victoria, Australia. 5 June 1942. p. 4.
  6. "Football". The Age (27, 469). Victoria, Australia. 5 May 1943. p. 5.
  7. "WWII Nominal Roll: James Henry Logan". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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