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

He married Jessie McWilliam in 1914.

Football

Fitzroy (VFL)

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)

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

Death

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

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