David Lynch (13 March 1902 – 19 March 1958) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Richmond
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in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Lynch, a
full-forward from Christian Brothers Old Boys, averaged 3.9 goals a game for Richmond, but could only amass 20 senior appearances in his eight years at the club.
[AFL Tables: Dave Lynch]
/ref> He began in 1922 with four goals on debut, against St Kilda.[ After playing in two more fixtures that year and just one in 1923, he didn't return to the team until 1926.][ He was Richmond's leading goal-kicker in the ]1926 VFL season
The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 May until 9 October, and comprised an 18-gam ...
, despite not appearing until round 12 and featuring in just six games.[ Lynch played in the opening nine rounds of the 1927 season and kicked 32 goals, which found see him finish second in the goal-kicking, behind ]Jack Baggott
John Henry Baggott (20 July 1906 – 2 June 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played and coached in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1927 and 1940 for the Richmond Football Club, Essendon Football Club, and South Melbourn ...
.[ He didn't play a single VFL game in 1928 and played just once in 1929, when he ended his career as he had begun, with four goals.][
]
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1902 births
1958 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Richmond Football Club players
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