Charlie Lynch (1891-1968) was an Australian rugby league coach of the 1920s and 1940s. He is known as a multi-premiership-winning coach.
South Sydney
Lynch is mainly remembered as a premiership winning coach of the
South Sydney club. A prodigy of the great
Arthur Hennessey, Lynch took over from
Alf Blair
Alfred Lewis "Smacker" Blair (23 January 1896 – 28 September 1944) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach whose playing career ran from 1917 to 1930 with South Sydney. A skilled , he made a single appearance for the Australian ...
as the first grade coach in 1928, and coached to the club for 11 seasons between 1928-1934 and 1937–1940. He won a premiership in his debut year as a first grade coach in
1928
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, and also tasted premiership success in
1929
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,
1931
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and
1932
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. After many years at the helm of
South Sydney, he retired from coaching at the conclusion of the 1940 season.
St. George
As a resident of
Carlton, New South Wales
Carlton is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Carlton is located 15 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Carlton lies across the boundary of two loc ...
, he began an association with St. George, and stepped in as their first grade coach in
1947
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replacing
Herb Narvo
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from the previous year. Although Lynch was popular with players and members, the
St. George
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...
club missed the finals in 1947, and Charlie Lynch was not retained by the club as coach for the 1948 season.
Accolades
Lynch was awarded Life Membership of the
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen pla ...
in 1967, and he died the following year.
[Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice - 22 August 1968]
References
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1891 births
1968 deaths
South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches
St. George Dragons coaches