page_title: Jimmy Sharman
section_title: Jimmy Sharman junior
hierarchical_section_title: Jimmy Sharman / Jimmy Sharman junior
caption_attribution_description: Jimmy Sharman jnr playing Rugby league for Western Suburbs Magpies
context_page_description: James "Jimmy" Sharman 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.
context_section_description: Sharman junior was born, as James Michael Sharman in 1912 at  Narrandera, New South Wales. He attended his first Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1926 working in his father's tent.
  Sharman junior played rugby league for Western Suburbs Magpies.  He was fullback in Western Suburbs' 1934 premiership win against the Eastern Suburbs. In 1938 he became First Grade captain.  He retired after 7 seasons in 1939 to become a journalist, taking over the boxing tent from his father in 1955. Sharman played 45 games between 1935 and 1939, scored 12 tries and kicked 11 goals. He died on April 26, 2006, aged 94. He was awarded life membership in 1998.
caption: Jimmy Sharman playing for Wests
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