[2] He began his league career in 1935, when he played seven senior games, which was bettered by 14 appearances in 1938.
[3] In 1937, Toohey joined Western Australian National Football League club Perth.
[4] His father, former Fitzroy player Jim Toohey Sr., was a member of the Perth Football Club committee.
[5] He had to wait until mid-season to make his debut, in order to fulfill the three-month residential qualification required to get an interstate permit at that time.
[7] Toohey's younger brother, Jack, played with Fitzroy for six seasons, from 1947 to 1952.