Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
John James (18 January 1934 – 8 December 2010) was a leading Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He won the Brownlow Medal the highest individual honour in the sport in 1961.Recruited from St. Patrick’s College Ballarat James played for the Carlton Football Club from 1953 to 1963 playing 195 games. He finished second in the 1957 Brownlow Medal count and won the award in 1961. He won the Carlton Best and Fairest three times (in 1955 1960 and 1961).