Cecil Quinlan
Personal information
Full name Cecil Joseph Quinlan
Date of birth (1893-05-04)4 May 1893
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Date of death 23 December 1926(1926-12-23) (aged 33)
Place of death Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) Xavier College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1910 Melbourne 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cecil Joseph Quinlan (4 May 1893 – 23 December 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

A medical doctor, he died suddenly at age 33 in 1926 in Perth, Western Australia. His funeral was attended by over 300 people, including the Premier of Western Australia, Philip Collier.[2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 725. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "THE LATE DR. C. J. QUINLAN". The West Australian. Perth. 25 December 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 21 March 2015 via National Library of Australia.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.