Jim Reid
Personal information
Full name James Bruce Reid
Date of birth (1912-12-20)20 December 1912
Place of birth Katanning, Western Australia
Date of death 10 December 1992(1992-12-10) (aged 79)
Place of death Bendigo, Victoria
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 99 kg (218 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941–42 North Melbourne 12 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Bruce Reid (20 December 1912 – 10 December 1992) was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Born on 20 December 1912 in Katanning, Western Australia, James Bruce Reid was the son of William Bruce Reid (1882–1957) and Lorna Mary Reid, née Innes (1878–1929). The Reid family relocated to Victoria in the late 1920s and settled in the Bendigo region.

During World War II, Jim Reid also served in the Royal Australian Navy.[2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 737. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll: REID, James Bruce". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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