Jimmy Seaton

Jimmy Seaton
Personal information
Full name James Seaton
Born (1891-05-25)25 May 1891
Corryong, Victoria
Died 3 January 1959(1959-01-03) (aged 67)
Fitzroy, Victoria
Original team Corryong
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912 Collingwood 1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jimmy Seaton (25 May 1891 – 3 January 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Seaton came down from Corryong to play the last match of the 1912 season[2] and Collingwood were expecting him to return in 1914 after the harvest preparation was completed.[3]

Seaton was secretary of the Corryong Football Club in 1911[4] and 1912[5] and later served as President of the Corryong Football Club in 1924.[6]

Seaton enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force in 1916.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 798. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1912 - Football". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 30 August 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. ^ "1914 - The football season". REPORTER DISTRICT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. 1 May 1914. p. 14. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
  4. ^ "1911 - Football". Corryong Courier (Vic. : 1894 - 1945). 26 April 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  5. ^ "1912 - Advertising: Corryong Football Club". Corryong Courier (Vic. : 1894 - 1945). 27 June 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  6. ^ "1924 - Corryong Football Club: Annual Meeting". Corryong Courier (Vic. : 1894 - 1945). 17 April 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  7. ^ "1916 - James Seaton". National Archives of Australia. 3 February 1916. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jimmy Seaton.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.