He won the Brownlow Medal, the highest individual honour in the sport, in 1961.
He finished third in the 1957 Brownlow Medal count and won the award in 1961.
James was named on the half-back flank in the Carlton Team of the Century.
In his debut season, James played off a half-forward flank and booted the terribly inaccurate figures of eight goals, 43 behinds.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1930s is a stub.