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  1. 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. [4] Sharman junior played rugby league for Western Suburbs Magpies. [5] He was fullback in Western Suburbs' 1934 premiership win against the Eastern Suburbs.

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    • 18 November 1965 (aged 78), Camden, New South Wales, Australia
  2. Apr 23, 2006 · James Michael Sharman, who died at St Vincent's Hospice on Monday, aged 94, was born at Narrandera a year after his father first set up Jimmy Sharman's Boxing Troupe at the Royal Easter Show. He spent a week working the box office for his father at the Easter Show as a teenager, but his future lay in rugby league; he captained Wests.

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  4. Apr 26, 2006 · James Michael Sharman, who died at St Vincent's Hospice on Monday, aged 94, was born at Narrandera a year after his father first set up Jimmy Sharman's Boxing Troupe at the Royal Easter Show. He ...

  5. Aug 18, 2012 · Some Sharman pics: Jimmy Sharman Snr refereeing a boxing match in 1910. Jimmy Sharman’s boxing tent, outside display (note the drums and megaphones) in Ballarat, Victoria, 1934. A similar outside enticement of the crowd. Albury Showgrounds, 1930’s. Jimmy Sharman Jnr playing for Wests. Jimmy Sharman Jnr, aged 92, not long before his death in ...

  6. Mar 22, 2024 · Jimmy Snr died in 1965 and Young Jimmy in 2007. One of his sons became a successful stage director producing shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar and the Rocky Horror Picture Show . Meanwhile, what is claimed to be the oldest surviving boxing tent troupe in the world is apparently still operated by old-time promoter Fred Brophy in Queensland.

  7. online in 2006. James (Jimmy) Sharman (1887-1965), boxer and showman, was born on 20 June 1887 at Narellan, New South Wales, fifth of thirteen children of locally born parents James Sharman, labourer, and his wife Caroline, née Brailsford. Leaving school at about 12, he took a labouring job on a dairy farm and soon after began fighting in ...

  8. Oct 4, 2023 · I grew up with stories of Jimmy Sharman's Boxers told from the viewpoint of 5 young boys who started turning up at Jimmy's tent hoping to make a few bob and then later as young adults. Stephen McGrath has captured the real depth of what was happening at the time Jimmy started his boxing troupe - the war, the small towns where young men were ...