James 'Jim' Crowe was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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 and Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) during the 1930s.

Crowe started his career as a half forward flanker before being moved into defence as a rebound player.
He was a member of Carlton's losing 1932 Grand Final side and in 1936 crossed to Collingwood. In his first year with Collingwood he played in a premiership, occupying a back pocket

Back pocket

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in the Grand Final.

In 1947 he coached Footscray for a season, with the club finishing ninth out of the twelve clubs.