{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jim Tumilty | image = | fullname = James Bertie Tumilty | birth_date = {{birth date|1886|06|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania | death_date = {{death date and age|1953|8|28|1886|6|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Launceston, Tasmania | originalteam = Mechanics | height = 165 cm | weight = 74 kg | position = | statsend = 1910 | years1 = 1910 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 2 (1) | careerhighlights = }}
'''James Bertie Tumilty''' (29 June 1886 – 28 August 1953)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61091946 |title=Obituaries And Funerals. |newspaper=The Examiner |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=29 August 1953 |accessdate=7 September 2014 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=840}}</ref>
He was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 29 June 1886. In 1915 he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. He returned home after being injured by poison gas.<ref name="obit" />
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables | J/Jim_Tumilty }} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Jim+Tumilty Jim Tumilty's profile] at Blueseum
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