Jimmy Rodgers
South Melbourne and Geelong
AFL career
17 games1 goals
- Debut
- R4 1921 v MEL28 May 1921
- Most recent
- R16 1923 v RCH1 Sept 1923
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the State Savings Bank side in the Melbourne District league, Yarram-born Jimmy Rodgers was a lightly-built utility who balanced his football with a professional career. He broke into the VFL with South Melbourne in 1921, playing 11 games in his debut season, but spent the following year out of the league completely. Rodgers resurfaced at Geelong in 1923 for a brief six-game stint before returning to his roots, notably featuring for the State Savings Bank in the Victorian Banks Football Association final later that same year. His short career remains a fine example of the amateur era, where players frequently moved between VFL and workplace competitions to accommodate their livelihoods.
Profile
- Born
- 13 July 1897
- Died
- 27 Nov 1973 (aged 76y 137d)
- Birthplace
- Yarram, VIC
- Deathplace
- Wattle Glen, VIC
- Height
- 179 cm
- Weight
- 70 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the State Savings Bank side in the Melbourne District league, Yarram-born Jimmy Rodgers was a lightly-built utility who balanced his football with a professional career. He broke into the VFL with South Melbourne in 1921, playing 11 games in his debut season, but spent the following year out of the league completely. Rodgers resurfaced at Geelong in 1923 for a brief six-game stint before returning to his roots, notably featuring for the State Savings Bank in the Victorian Banks Football Association final later that same year. His short career remains a fine example of the amateur era, where players frequently moved between VFL and workplace competitions to accommodate their livelihoods.