# Jim Darcy

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{{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)
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'''James Darcy''' (29 January 1875 – 3 October 1932) was an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_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](/source/1897_VFL_season): [Jim Anderson](/source/Jim_Anderson_(footballer)), [Edward "Son" Barry](/source/Son_Barry), [Arthur Cleghorn](/source/Arthur_Cleghorn), [Tod Collins](/source/Tod_Collins), Jim Darcy, [Charlie Forbes](/source/Charlie_Forbes), [Johnny Graham](/source/Johnny_Graham_(Australian_footballer)), [Joe Groves](/source/Joe_Groves), [George Hastings](/source/George_Hastings_(footballer)), [Ted Kinnear](/source/Ted_Kinnear), [George Martin](/source/George_Martin_(footballer%2C_born_1875)), [Bob McCormick](/source/Bob_McCormick_(Australian_footballer)), [Pat O'Loughlin](/source/Pat_O'Loughlin), [Gus Officer](/source/Gus_Officer), [Ned Officer](/source/Ned_Officer), [Bert Salkeld](/source/Bert_Salkeld), [George Stuckey](/source/George_Stuckey), [George Vautin](/source/George_Vautin), [Norman Waugh](/source/Norman_Waugh), and [Harry Wright](/source/Harry_Wright_(Australian_footballer)).<ref>Maplestone (1996), p.50.</ref>

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

== Notes ==
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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

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