Jim Lynch (Australian footballer)

Jim Lynch (25 October 1883 – 15 June 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Jim Lynch
Personal information
Full name James Lynch
Date of birth (1883-10-25)25 October 1883
Date of death 15 June 1919(1919-06-15) (aged 35)
Place of death Stockton, New South Wales
Original team(s) Collingwood Trades[1]
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 Fitzroy 8 (0)
1910 South Melbourne 1 (0)
Total 9 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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He married Jessie McWilliam in 1914.

Football

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Fitzroy (VFL)

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Recruited by Fitzroy from the Collingwood Trades Football Club in 1909, as a wing and rover — he had been the captain of Collingwood Trades in 1908.[3]

South Melbourne (VFL)

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He was cleared from Fitzroy to South Melbourne on 4 May 1910.[4]

Death

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He died of "pneumonic influenza" at Stockton, New South Wales on 15 June 1919.[5][6]

Notes

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  1. ^ "THE PLAY AND THE PLAYERS". The Herald. No. 10, 460. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1909. p. 2.
  2. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.533.
  3. ^ The Play and the Players, The Herald, (Friday 30 April 1909), p.3.
  4. ^ Football, The Age, (Thursday, 5 May 1910), p.10.
  5. ^ Deaths: Lynch, The Age, (Saturday, 21 June 1919), p.5.
  6. ^ Stockton, The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, (Tuesday, 17 Jun 1919), p.3.

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