Jim Oppy

This is the player profile for Jim Oppy, born in Maryborough, Victoria in 1921. Played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL.

Player Details

Name: James Oppy
Full Name: James Watson Oppy
Alias: Jim Oppy
DOB: 08/03/1921
POB: Maryborough, Victoria
DOD: 24/07/2011
Height: 180cm
Weight: 76kg

Player History

Full Team History: Melbourne
Total Matches (Goals): 3 (0)
VFL/AFL Team History: Melbourne (1945)
VFL/AFL Matches (Goals): 3 (0)

Player Accolades

VFL/AFL Debutant: 655th player to debut for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL
VFL/AFL Matches Played: 3 matches played for Melbourne in the VFL/AFL (1945)

Relatives Details

Grandparents

  • William Edward Watson (b. 1864, d. 1942) - maternal grandfather
  • Elizabeth Thorn Watson (née Thompson) (b. 1864, d. 1957) - maternal grandmother

    • Parents

  • James Thomas Oppy (b. 1893, d. 1935) - father
  • Doris Edna Oppy (née Watson) (b. 1895, d. 1967) - mother

    • Siblings

  • William Maxwell Oppy (b. 1924, d. 2008) - brother

    • Other (Blood Relatives)

  • Grant Maxwell Oppy (b. 1950) - nephew

    Distant (Blood Relatives)

  • Anne Thompson (née Gardiner) (b. 1839, d. 1891) - 3rd degree
  • James Thompson (b. 1828, d. 1897) - 3rd degree
  • Mary James Reynolds (née Thompson) (b. 1885, d. 1941) - 4th degree
  • Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (b. 1915, d. 2002) - 5th degree
  • Thomas Partridge Reynolds (b. 1917, d. 2002) - 5th degree