Cecil Quinlan

Cecil Joseph Quinlan (4 May 1893 – 23 December 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Cecil Quinlan
Personal information
Full name Cecil Joseph Quinlan
Date of birth (1893-05-04)4 May 1893
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Date of death 23 December 1926(1926-12-23) (aged 33)
Place of death Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) Xavier College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Melbourne 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A medical doctor, he died suddenly at age 33 in 1926 in Perth, Western Australia. His funeral was attended by over 300 people, including the Premier of Western Australia, Philip Collier.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 725. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "THE LATE DR. C. J. QUINLAN". The West Australian. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 25 December 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 21 March 2015.


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