Jimmy Freake

Jimmy Freake
Jimmy Freake
Personal information
Full name	James Henry Freake
Date of birth	27 January 1889
Place of birth	Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death	19 May 1937 (aged 48)
Place of death	Preston, Victoria
Debut	1912, Fitzroy vs. South Melbourne, at Lake Oval
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1912–1924	Fitzroy
Coaching career
Years	Club
1929	Fitzroy
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Career highlights
	2× VFL premierships: 1913, 1922; VFL leading goalkicker: 1915; Fitzroy Club Champion: 1918; 7× Fitzroy leading goalkicker: 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Henry Freake (27 January 1889 – 19 May 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A full forward, Freake lacked the height and weight that most had for that position but had considerable pace and ball handling abilities.

Freake was a member of two Fitzroy premiership sides, the first in 1913 and the other in 1922, when he kicked four goals in the Grand Final. He won the club's best and fairest award in 1918.

His career tally of 442 goals is the fourth most achieved by a Fitzroy player and was a club record when he retired in 1924. He also kicked the most goals ever for Fitzroy in finals football with 45.^[1] Other goalkicking feats include being the first Fitzroy player to kick 10 goals in a VFL match, topping their goalkicking seven times including a best of 66 goals in 1915 and twice being the leading goalkicker in a VFL season, in 1913 and 1915.^[2]

Freake died in Preston in 1937.^[3]

Notes

^ "1924-1964: An Era of Legends". Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions AFC. 1 May 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ "Jimmy Freake". Brisbane Lions. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ "OBITUARY". The Argus. 22 May 1937. Retrieved 26 January 2011.