Jim Lynch (Australian footballer) explained

Jim Lynch
Fullname:	James Lynch
Birth Date:	25 October 1883
Death Place:	Stockton, New South Wales
Height:	174 cm
Originalteam:	Collingwood Trades^[1]
Statsend:	1910
Years1:	1909
Games Goals1:	8 (0)
Years2:	1910
Games Goals2:	1 (0)
Games Goalstotal:	9 (0)

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]

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]}

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• The Fitzroy Team (photograph), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 15 May 1909), p.26.

Notes and References

1. News: THE PLAY AND THE PLAYERS. . The Herald . 10,460 . Victoria, Australia . 30 April 1909 . 2.
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.533.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242049019 The Play and the Players, The Herald, (Friday 30 April 1909), p.3.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184310473 Football, The Age, (Thursday, 5 May 1910), p.10.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155203051 Deaths: Lynch, The Age, (Saturday, 21 June 1919), p.5.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139447221 Stockton, The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate, (Tuesday, 17 Jun 1919), p.3.