Quinten Lynch
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Lynch playing for West Coast in 2005
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Quinten Peter Lynch | ||
| Nickname(s) | "Big Q", "Q-Stick", "The Big Unit", "TBU" | ||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Gibson(EDFA) | ||
| Draft | 19th overall, 2002 Rookie Draft | ||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2012 2001–2012 2002–2012 2013–2014 2002–2014 |
West Perth WAFL Total West Coast Collingwood AFL Total |
47 (51) 47 (51) 209 (281) 18 (9) |
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| Total | 227 (290) | ||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Quinten Peter Lynch (born 24 January 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Grass Patch, a rural farming community near Esperance, Western Australia, he played for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) before being recruited to West Coast with the 19th pick overall in the 2002 Rookie Draft.
A utility player, Lynch began his career as a defender, but later switched to the forward line, leading West Coast's goalkicking in 2006 and 2007, as well as playing in the club's 2006 premiership side. He also finished second in the club's best and fairest award in 2008. Lynch quit West Coast at the end of the 2012 season, moving to Collingwood under newly implemented free agency rules. Overall, he played 209 games for West Coast.
Originally from Grass Patch, a farming community in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, Lynch attended Aquinas College, Perth, where he was captain of the First XVIII team that won the Alcock Cup, and also rowed in the school's First VIII. He was recruited to the WAFL club West Perth, and in 2001 won selection as the All-Australian centre half-back at the under-18 carnival. He was selected by the West Coast Eagles in the 2002 Rookie Draft at Pick 19.
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