Gordon Hynes (footballer)
| Gordon Hynes | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1944 | ||
| Original team(s) | North Geelong (GDFL) | ||
| Height/Weight | 177 cm / 77 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1963-1969 1970-1972 1973-1981 |
Geelong North Geelong North Shore |
61 (52) 167 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981 season. | |||
Gordon Hynes (born 6 November 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1960s.
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.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ McNicol, Adam (12 August 2012). "A Shore winner for Seagulls".
External links
- Gordon Hynes's statistics from AFL Tables
- North Shore FC Hall of Fame Induction Poster
- Geelong Under 19's Premierships from Geelong Football Club official page.
- Woofa - A Success Story from North Shore Football Club official page.
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