Career
He had a height of 178 cm and weight of 69 kg. Hallahan commenced his footballing career with Rutherglen Football Club as a follower before being transferred to Footscray Football Club in 1935 where he played 17 games. Foreign Fitzroy he played 32 games in three seasons during the second world war from 1942 until 1944.
In 1945 Hallahan, who came from Brighton under the "lease-lend" system, returned to the Brighton Football Club.
Hallahan"s father, Jim Hallahan, Senior, played with Street Kilda in 1904. Hallahan"s son, Mike Hallahan, also played with Fitzroy in 1967.