Jimmy Stiff
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| Full name | James Claude Stiff | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1911 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 December 1937 (aged 26) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||
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James Claude Stiff (7 June 1911 – 21 December 1937)[1] was an Australian rugby league footballer. He was also notable as an Australian rules footballer and is a member of the NSW Australian Football Hall of Fame.[2][3]
Biography
[edit]Stiff was born in Sydney and educated at Gardeners Road Public School.[4]
An all round sportsman, Stiff was a New South Wales Schoolboys representative in cricket and during his immediate post school years was committed to Australian rules football, playing as a rover for South Sydney.[5] His highlight as an Australian rules footballer came representing New South Wales at the 1933 Sydney Carnival, where he claimed the Conder Cup as the tournament's best and fairest player.[6] He switched to rugby league in 1935 to play for the Rabbitohs and was primarily utilised at fullback in his three first grade seasons.[7]
Stiff died at a hospital in 1937 of injuries sustained when he crashed his motorcycle into a car on Botany Road.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Jimmy Stiff". Rugby League Project.
- ↑ "Jimmy Stiff Goes Back To Australian Rules". The Daily Telegraph. 26 July 1935. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Vale, Jimmy Stiff". Truth. 26 December 1937. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "AFL Sydney Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2025.
- ↑ "JIMMY STIFF". The Burrowa News. New South Wales, Australia. 24 December 1926. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Rules". The Daily Telegraph. 14 August 1933. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "James Claude "Jimmy" Stiff - South Sydney Player Report". www.ssralmanac.com.
- ↑ "Football Star Is Killed". The Labor Daily. 21 December 1937. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.