Jimmy Sharman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jimmy Sharman

Australian rugby league player

Date of Birth: 20-Jun-1887

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1965

Profession: boxer, rugby league player

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

James "Jimmy" Sharman (20 June 1887 – 18 November 1965) was an Australian boxing troupe and entertainment impresario.
His son also worked with him and taking over from as father in 1955, and becoming a professional rugby league footballer. Sharman was born in Narellan, New South Wales, the fifth of thirteen children to James Sharman and Caroline Brailsfield, he established a boxing tent in 1911 at Ardlethan near Temora.
The tent visited 45 to 50 shows each year.
His son, Jimmy Sharman Jr, took over the business in 1955.
The tent formed part of the Australian Show landscape until 1971, when regulations barred boxers fighting more than once a week.
A member of the "Showmans Guild of Australasia", he then turned to dodgem cars in partnership with Garry oneill Reg Grundy.