Bryan Quirk Explained

Bryan Quirk
Birth Date:26 December 1946
Originalteam:Morwell (LVFL)
Debutdate:Round 3, 1965
Debutteam:Carlton
Debutopponent:South Melbourne
Debutstadium:Lake Oval
Height:185cm
Weight:76 kg
Statsend:1975
Years1:1965–1975
Club1:Carlton
Games Goals1:167 (113)[1]
Careerhighlights:

Bryan Quirk (born 26 December 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from Morwell Football Club in the then Latrobe Valley Football League. He was Collingwood fan as a child.

Quirk made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3, 1965. He kicked 3 goals on debut as a forward pocket. Quirk retired in 1975, at the age of 29, after eleven years with the club.

After his retirement from playing, he spent many years as a coach. He coached Maryborough in 1976 and 1977.[2]

He returned to Carlton in 1978 and coached its Under-19s to back-to-back premierships in 1978 and 1979 (assisted by Brian Buckley[3]), and later coached the Carlton reserves for three seasons.

He coached Victorian Football Association club Oakleigh Football Club from 1987 until 1989, leading the club to the 1988 Division 2 premiership, and returned to the club in 1992 following the mid-year retirement of Russell Rowe.[4]

Quirk was recently added to a stamp released by Australia Post celebrating premiership players.

Quirk taught grade 5 at Kensington Primary School in 1967.

Quirk used to teach sport at Berwick Fields Primary School.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFL Tables - Bryan Quirk - Stats - Statistics. AFL Tables. 3 October 2014.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qdInAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2522%2C2790209 Quirk to Coach, The Age, (Wednesday, 12 November 1975), p.30.
  3. Web site: Blues' big man Brian Buckley dies . Tony . De Bolfo . 5 August 2014 . Carlton Football Club . 5 August 2014 .
  4. News: The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 25. Darrin Farrant. 22 May 1992. Quirk to coach Oakleigh.