About Jack Pimm
Lived 1920 – 2016 (aged 95). Jack Pimm was an Australian australian rules football player.
John Huggett Pimm, (7 October 1920 – 27 February 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Pimm grew up in what was then a Collingwood recruitment zone, around Wattle Glen, Victoria. He attended Melbourne High School and watched Collingwood training sessions from an early age.
Pimm, a centre half-forward, played five senior games as well as games in the seconds for Collingwood in the 1940 VFL season but did not play again until 1946, the lengthy interruption being due to his World War II military service. and also with the 57th/60th Battalion. He saw fighting first in Papua New Guinea. Later, on Bougainville Island he was awarded the Military Cross "for inspired and gallant service". At war's end he was transferred to the 11th Brigade for a time, prior to repatriation from the South West Pacific and discharge from the Army. He played fourteen games that year, including a semi final and preliminary final. Over his VFL playing career for Collingwood (1940, 1946–1950) Pimm played 58 senior games, 34 of which were wins. including 34 goals in 1949; enough to top Collingwood's goal-kicking that season. Of the twenty nine games he played at Victoria Park, Collingwood's home ground from 1892 until 1999, twenty four were won by Collingwood. Pimm was made a Life Member at Collingwood in 1953.
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Who was Jack Pimm?
Australian rules footballer
When was Jack Pimm born?
Jack Pimm was born on 7 October 1920 in Avoca.
When did Jack Pimm die?
Jack Pimm died on 27 February 2016 in Ivanhoe East.
What was Jack Pimm's occupation?
Jack Pimm was an australian rules football player.
What nationality was Jack Pimm?
Jack Pimm was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Jack Pimm. https://biography.guide/jack-pimm/
MLA: "Jack Pimm." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/jack-pimm/.
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