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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1904}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Jimmy Davidson
| image = Jimmy Davidson 1932.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| fullname = James Davidson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|8|13|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|11|24|1904|8|13|df=y}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Walhalla
| height = 165 cm
| weight = 62 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1932
| years1 = 1924–1932
| club1 = [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]
| games_goals1 = 137 (62)
| careerhighlights =
}}
'''James Davidson''' (13 August 1904 – 24 November 1953) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL).
From Walhalla originally, Davidson played junior football for Melbourne, before breaking into the senior side in 1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Jimmy%2BDavidson/4195| title=Jimmy Davidson - Player Bio| publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}</ref> He played most of his football as a rover.
Davidson was a half forward flanker in Melbourne's 1926 premiership team.
He put together 83 consecutive games from 1927 to 1931.<ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jimmy_Davidson.html |title=AFL Tables: Jimmy Davidson |website=afltables.com}}</ref>
Davidson went to [[Bendigo Football League]] club [[Castlemaine Football Club|Castlemaine]], as coach, in 1933. He won the league's [[best and fairest]] award, the Fred Wood Medal that season.<ref>{{cite web |title=1933 - Football: Bendigo League |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11701722 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=3 March 2021 |pages=10 |date=16 October 1933}}</ref>
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[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Melbourne Football Club players]]
[[Category:Castlemaine Football Club players]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]
[[Category:Melbourne Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
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