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James Alfred Hale (1916-1992) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1940s.
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Jim Hale was graded with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1940 and switched mid-season to join the St George Dragons with whom he played eight seasons between 1940-1947. He is remembered as the second-row forward in the St George side that was defeated in the 1946 Grand Final by Balmain Tigers. At the end of the game, Jim Hale and his ex team-mate Herb Gilbert, Jr. were involved in a brawl when a spectator jumped onto the Sydney Cricket Ground playing area and punched Hale. The incident almost caused a riot amongst rival players and fans and resulted in a number of arrests by police. Jim Hale, like his father Percy (1887-1953), was an amateur heavy-weight boxer, and the brawl between him and Gilbert was a huge talking point in the Sydney press for days afterward.
After retiring from Sydney first grade football, Jim Hale captain coached the Boorowa Rovers Rugby League Club in 1948-1949.
Jim Hale died on 28 December 1992, aged 76.