Career
Originally from Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Jim Rutherford played five seasons with the Street George Dragons between 1931-1937. Rutherford played second row in the 1933 Grand Final. Rutherford captained Saints on the their New Zealand tour at the end of the 1933 season.
He also represented New South Wales on one occasion in 1933, and played from New South Wales City Firsts in 1934.
Rutherford enlisted in the AIF in 1940 and during a stay in Sydney, he turned out for Western Suburbs Magpies for one year in 1941. Jim Rutherford died on 16 June 1964.