John Hynes (born 23 February 1979 in Cheltenham) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League. Drafted in 1997, Hynes debuted the following year. Playing as a key position player at 184 cm, Hynes often had to play on much larger opponents. As a result, Hynes only managed four senior games in 1998, although he did win the reserves best and fairest award. After failing to play a senior match in 1999, Hynes was delisted by Carlton. He went on to play for Frankston 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 ...

. Hynes wore number 716 for the Frankston. He was listed at 212 cm and 53 kg. Hynes was named Frankston Reserve Team Coach for the 2004 Season. He is the only AFL footballer to have a longer slug than his boat. Hynes was caught in March of 2012 dropping brown logs into the Murray River, the whereabouts of the longest brown deuce is still unknown.

References

VFL Record. 5 July 2003, Page 14

Sources

*Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 8th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. *
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