Jim Thoms

Jim Thoms
Personal information
Full name	James Francis Thoms
Date of birth	25 May 1918
Date of death
Original team(s)	Combines
Height/Weight	173 cm / 82 kg
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937-1946	Footscray	120 (101)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946 season.

James Francis "Jim" Thoms (25 May 1918 - 3 September 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Thoms, a speedy rover, was good enough to represent the VFL in both 1941 and 1946. Pushed forward in 1946, his final season, Thoms kicked 50 goals and at least one in each of his 19 games for the year. This tally included bags of six against both Geelong and Hawthorn, at Western Oval. His last league appearance was in a Semi Final loss to Melbourne where he brought up the 100th goal of his career.

South Australian club West Torrens secured his services for the 1945 finals series. In the 1st Semi Final against North Adelaide he kicked a goal on the bell to break the deadlock and put West Torrens into the Grand Final, which they won. The bell had actually sounded before he kicked the ball but because umpire Ken Aplin had not heard it and thus didn't signal the end of the game, the goal was allowed.

His younger brother, George, was an Australian Test cricketer and gynaecologist.

References

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Jim Thoms's statistics from AFL Tables
• Jim Thoms's profile from AustralianFootball.com