Allen Lynch (footballer)
Appearance
Allen Lynch | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Allen John Lynch | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1938 | ||
Date of death | 6 June 2021 | (aged 82)||
Original team(s) | Launceston | ||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Fullback / ruck | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1959–1966 | Fitzroy | 106 (17) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Allen John Lynch (30 July 1938 – 6 June 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Football
[edit]Saturday, 6 July 1963
[edit]On 6 July 1963, playing at full-back, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.533.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
[edit]- Allen Lynch's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Allen Lynch at AustralianFootball.com