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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Jack Quinn
Personal information
Full name Jack Alban Quinn
Date of birth (1918-06-11)11 June 1918
Place of birth Echuca, Victoria
Date of death 11 June 2006(2006-06-11) (aged 88)
Original team(s) St Kilda Under 18s
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1938–1940 South Melbourne 10 0(8)
1940–1941 Richmond 19 (14)
1946 Melbourne 06 0(5)
Total 35 (27)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jack Alban Quinn (11 June 1918 – 11 June 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, Richmond and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Quinn started out in the Melbourne Boys League, playing for St Kilda Under 18s, before joining the first of his three league clubs, South Melbourne. He roved for Richmond in the 1940 VFL Grand Final, which they lost. After four years out of the game, spent in the army, he returned for one final season in 1946, at Melbourne.

References

  1. Obituary in the Herald Sun, 14 June 2006
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. Melbourne: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ "AFL Tables: Jack Quinn". afltables.com.
  4. "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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