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 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

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, and also tasted premiership success in

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and

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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

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, he began an association with St. George, and stepped in as their first grade coach in

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replacing

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from the previous year. Although Lynch was popular with players and members, the

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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

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in 1967, and he died the following year.Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice - 22 August 1968

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lynch, Charlie 1891 births 1968 deaths South Sydney Rabbitohs coaches St. George Dragons coaches