Jimmy Larkin

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jimmy Larkin | image = Jimmy Larkin.jpg | caption = Larkin in 1901 | fullname = James Joseph Larkin | birth_date = 27 October 1874 | birth_place = Maidstone, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1930|12|10|1874|10|27|df=yes}} | death_place = North Melbourne, Victoria<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203284478 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Age |issue=23,611 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=11 December 1930 |page=1}}</ref> | originalteam = North Melbourne (VFA) | height =  | weight =  | position = Forward, wing | statsend = 1903 | years1 = 1898–1903 | club1 = Essendon | games_goals1 = 73 (61) | careerhighlights = *VFL premiership player: 1901 }}

'''James Joseph Larkin''' (27 October 1874 – 10 December 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|501}}</ref>

Nicknamed "Skeeter", Larkin played his football as a forward and on the wing. He came from West Melbourne originally but was recruited from North Melbourne, who competed in the Victorian Football Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=526 |title=Larkin, James |publisher=Essendon Football Club official website |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326040914/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=526 |archivedate=26 March 2012 }}</ref>

Larkin finished the 1899 VFL season as Essendon's second leading goal-kicker, with 14 goals.<ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jimmy_Larkin.html |title=AFL Tables: Jimmy Larkin |website=afltables.com}}</ref>

He was a half forward flanker in the 1901 Essendon premiership team and was a forward pocket in the side which lost the 1902 VFL Grand Final to Collingwood.<ref name=AFLTables/>

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