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Australian rules footballer (1938–2021)

Australian rules footballer
Allen Lynch
Personal information
Full name Allen John Lynch
Date of birth (1938-07-30)30 July 1938
Date of death 6 June 2021(2021-06-06) (aged 82)
Original team(s) Launceston
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Fullback / ruck
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–1966 Fitzroy 106 (17)
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).

Football

Saturday, 6 July 1963

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

Notes

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.533.

References

  • 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.

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