Jim Lynch (25 October 1883 – 15 June 1919) 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 Fitzroy and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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.

South Melbourne (VFL)

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

Death

He died of "pneumonic influenza" at Stockton, New South Wales on 15 June 1919.Stockton, ''The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate'', (Tuesday, 17 Jun 1919), p.3.
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References

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The Fitzroy Team (photograph), ''The Weekly Times'', (Saturday, 15 May 1909), p.26.

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* * 1883 births 1919 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Sydney Swans players Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in Australia {{AFL-bio-1883-stub