Gordon Hynes (footballer)

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Gordon Hynes
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-11-06) 6 November 1944 (age 79)
Original team(s) North Geelong (GDFL)
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1963–1969 Geelong 61 (52)
1970–1972 North Geelong
1973–1981 North Shore 167
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gordon James Hynes OAM (born 6 November 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1960s.

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Hynes made his league debut in the 1963 season and ended the year as a Geelong premiership player, [1] kicking 3 goals in the grand final. One year earlier Hynes played in Geelong's Under 19's premiership side.

After retiring from the VFL at 24 years of age, he returned to North Shore in the Geelong Football League, where he coached the Seagulls for 12 seasons between 1973 and 1984, 11 of them as playing coach, winning six premierships, the club's senior best and fairest award seven times and the league best and fairest in 1978. [2]

Playing Achievements

Premierships

Geelong Under 19's: 1962

Geelong: (VFL/AFL) 1963

North Shore: (GDFL) 1974, 1976, 1977. (GFL) 1980, 1981.

Best & Fairest's

Geelong Under 19's: 1962

North Geelong: 1971, 1972.

North Shore: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979.

Geelong & District Football League: 1978

Coaching Achievements

Premierships

North Shore: (GDFL) 1974, 1976, 1977. (GFL) 1980, 1981, 1983.

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References

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 310. ISBN   1-74095-001-1 .
  2. McNicol, Adam (12 August 2012). "A Shore winner for Seagulls".