Jimmy Sharman

Jimmy Sharman senior (20 June 1887 – 18 November 1965) and junior (1912 – 24 April 2006) were an Australian father and son, both known as boxing troupe and entertainment impresarios, with Sharman junior also a rugby league player.

Born as James Sharman in Narellan, New South Wales, the fifth of thirteen children to James Sharman and Caroline Brailsfield, as Jimmy Sharman 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 Reg Grundy.

Sharman junior was born, as James Michael Sharman in 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 was awarded life membership in 1998.

Many famous boxers worked in the Sharman tent, including:

Famous Indigenous Australians to work in the tent include:

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