James "Jim" Forsyth is a former Australian rules football

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er who played for Essendon

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL). He also played with West Torrens

West Torrens Football Club

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 in the South Australian National Football League

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Forsyth began his career at Essendon, where he arrived to from Thorpdale

Thorpdale, Victoria

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. A ruckman, he struggled to get regular games with the strong Essendon side of the 1960s but did take part in their 1966 finals campaign. He went to West Torrens in 1968 and the same year represented South Australia in an interstate match against Western Australia. Forsyth was also a member of the South Australian interstate squad for the 1969 Adelaide Carnival

1969 Adelaide Carnival

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, although he didn't get a game.