Jack Quinn (footballer, Born 1918)
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Jack Alban Quinn (11 June 1918 – 11 June 2006) 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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 ...
,
Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, a city in the United States * Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
and
Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
in the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL). Quinn started out in the Melbourne Boys League, playing for St Kilda Under 18s, before joining the first of his three league clubs, South Melbourne. He roved for Richmond in the 1940 VFL Grand Final, which they lost. After four years out of the game, spent in the army, he returned for one final season in 1946, at Melbourne.


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1918 births 2006 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Richmond Football Club players Melbourne Football Club players Australian Army personnel of World War II Sportspeople from Echuca Australian Army soldiers 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1918-stub