Jim Tarbotton
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | James Harold Tarbotton | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Bradford, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 April 1997 (aged 97) | ||
| Original team(s) | Railways (Sydney) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1923–1926 | Fitzroy | 37 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
James Harold Tarbotton, a.k.a. Tarbolton (5 May 1899 – 4 April 1997)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family[]
The son of James Thorpe Tarbotton (1856-1942),[2] and Mary Stuart Tarbotton (1857-1946), née MacLaurin,[3] James Harold Tarbotton was born at Bradford, England on 5 May 1899.
He married Nita Agnes Banks (1901-1946) in 1923.[4]
Football[]
Tarbotton came to Fitzroy from the Railways club in Sydney.[5] He was on a half back flank for Fitzroy in the 1923 VFL Grand Final, which they lost to Essendon.[6]
Notes[]
- ^ Australian Football.com
- ^ Deaths: Tarbotton, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 10 August 1942), p.10.
- ^ Funerals: Tarbotton, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Thursday, 12 December 1946), p.24.
- ^ Deaths: Tarbotton, The Age, (Saturday, 12 January 1946), p.11.
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2007).
- ^ Lovett (2004).
References[]
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
- Four Different Birth Dates for this Player, NSW Australian Football History Society, 16 February 2015.
- Tarbotton Farewelled: To Play in Melbourne, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph, (Monday, 17 July 1922), p.8.
- Gossip of the Clubs: Sydney Player with Fitzroy, The Herald, (Friday, 18 August 1922), p.4.
- Fitzroy Jubilant, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 28 April 1923), p.5.
External links[]
- James Harold Tarbolton, profile at NSW Australian Football History Society, 21 September 2019.
- Jim Tarbotton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jim Tarbotton at AustralianFootball.com
- Jim Tarbolton (sic) at Boyles Football Photos.
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