Gordon Hynes (footballer)

Gordon Hynes
Personal information
Date of birth6 November 1944
Original teamNorth Geelong (GDFL)
Height/Weight177 cm / 77 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1963-1969
1970-1972
1973-1981		Geelong
North Geelong
North Shore		61 (52)

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1 Playing statistics correct to 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

  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".

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