{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jimmy Goonan | image = | fullname = James Edward Goonan | birth_date = 9 February 1897 | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|6|24|1897|2|9|df=yes}} | death_place = Caulfield South, Victoria | originalteam = Brunswick | height = 175 cm | weight = 70 kg | position = | statsend = 1927 | years1 = 1919–21 | club1 = Brunswick (VFA) | games_goals1 = 36 (5) | years2 = 1922–24, 1927 | club2 = Carlton | games_goals2 = 22 (1) | years3 = 1929–30 | club3 = Preston (VFA) | games_goals3 = 34 (4) | careerhighlights = }}
'''James Edward Goonan''' (9 February 1897 – 24 June 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Jimmy%2BGoonan/3956|title=Jimmy Goonan - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
Goonan spent three seasons with Carlton's seniors without establishing a place in the team when in 1925 he was picked to captain-coach the seconds. A wingman, he immediately had an influence by steering the club to three successive premierships from 1926 to 1928. In 1927 he also played some games with the seniors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jimmy_Goonan.html| title=Jimmy Goonan| publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref>
Originally from Brunswick,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> Goonan returned to the VFA in 1929 and captain-coached Preston for two seasons.
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