Jim Quinn (Australian footballer)
# Jim Quinn (Australian footballer)

James Frederick Quinn BEM (18 November 1904 – 3 January 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

## Family

The son of John Quinn (1870–1941) and Janet Quinn, nee McFarlane (1871–1956), James Frederick Quinn was born in West Melbourne on 18 November 1904.

## Football

Quinn was a useful follower and forward who became a regular senior player and kicked 59 goals in his time with Essendon, who were disappointed to lose him when he moved to Sydney for work-related reasons.

## Naval cartography

Quinn worked as a naval cartographer and for his work in chart correction for the Royal Australian Navy he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1960.

