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James Matthew George ` Jim ' Dowdall -LRB- 8 August 1867 -- 29 April 1945 -RRB- was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne , Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football Association -LRB- VFA -RRB- and the Victorian Football League -LRB- VFL -RRB- .. South Melbourne. Sydney Swans. Collingwood. Collingwood Football Club. Richmond. Richmond Football Club. Victorian Football Association. Victorian Football League. Victorian Football League. Australian Football League. Jim and his younger brother Harry both played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association , James from 1887 .. South Melbourne. Sydney Swans. Victorian Football Association. Victorian Football League. Harry. Harry Dowdall. In 1892 they both tried to move to Collingwood .. Collingwood. Collingwood Football Club. Jim was unsuccessful and instead played for Richmond .. Richmond. Richmond Football Club. Jim finally made it to Collingwood in 1897 in the inaugural year of the Victorian Football League .. Collingwood. Collingwood Football Club. Victorian Football League. Australian Football League. The son of James Dowdall and Isabella McGowan , Jim was , like brother Harry , small of stature and lightly built .. Harry. Harry Dowdall. Newspaper reports of the time spell his name -LRB- and Harry 's -RRB- variously as Dowdell / Dowdall .. Harry. Harry Dowdall. Dowdall is correct .