Jim Darcy

{{short description|Australian rules footballer (1875–1932)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jim Darcy | image = | fullname = Jim Darcy | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|01|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1932|10|03|1875|01|29|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = West Melbourne Juniors | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1897 | years1 = 1897 | club1 = {{AFL Ess}} | games_goals1 = 9 (1) | games_goalstotal = | careerhighlights = }}

'''James Darcy''' (29 January 1875 – 3 October 1932) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2014), p.207.</ref>

==Family== James Darcy was born on 29 January 1875.

==Football== Recruited from West Melbourne Juniors, and playing on the half-back flank, he was one of the 20 who played for Essendon in its first VFL match against Geelong, at Corio Oval, on 8 May 1897: Jim Anderson, Edward "Son" Barry, Arthur Cleghorn, Tod Collins, Jim Darcy, Charlie Forbes, Johnny Graham, Joe Groves, George Hastings, Ted Kinnear, George Martin, Bob McCormick, Pat O'Loughlin, Gus Officer, Ned Officer, Bert Salkeld, George Stuckey, George Vautin, Norman Waugh, and Harry Wright.<ref>Maplestone (1996), p.50.</ref>

==Death== He died on 3 October 1932.

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==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}}

== External links == * {{AFL Tables|ref=J/Jim_Darcy.html}} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=jim%2Bdarcy/921}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darcy, Jim}} Category:1875 births Category:1932 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:19th-century Australian sportsmen