Jim Hale

Jim Hale
Personal information
Full name James Alfred Hale
Born 1916
Died 28 December 1992
Sylvania, New South Wales
Playing information
Position Second row forward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1940 South Sydney 3 1 0 0 3
1940–47 St George Dragons 60 20 0 0 60
1948–49 Boorowa Rovers
Total 63 21 0 0 63
Hale (middle row left) in St.George's 1946 side - minor premiers

James Alfred Hale (1916-1992) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s.

Career


Jim Hale was graded with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1940 and switched mid-season to join the St George Dragons with whom he played eight seasons between 1940-1947. He is remembered as the second-row forward in the St George side that was defeated in the 1946 Grand Final by Balmain Tigers. At the end of the game, Jim Hale and his ex team-mate Herb Gilbert, Jr. were involved in a brawl when a spectator jumped on to the Sydney Cricket Ground playing area and punched Hale. The incident almost caused a riot amongst rival players and fans and resulted in a number of arrests by police. Jim Hale, like his father Percy (1887-1953), was an amateur heavy-weight boxer, and the brawl between him and Gilbert was a huge talking point in the Sydney press for days afterward.[1]

After retiring from Sydney first grade football, Jim Hale captain coached the Boorowa Rovers Rugby League Club in 1948-1949.[2]

Jim Hale died on 28 December 1992, aged 76.[3]

References

  1. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson. The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players - 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
  2. The Burrowa News. "Jim Hale Appointed Playing Coach" 30/1/1948
  3. Sydney Morning Herald - Death Notice 29/12/1992


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