Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)

Robert Berrima Quinn MM (9 April 1915 – 12 September 2008) was a champion Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and a decorated soldier of the Second World War.

For other people with the same name, see Bob Quinn.

Bob Quinn
Bob Quinn being chaired off Adelaide Oval after captaining Port Adelaide to victory in the 1939 SANFL Grand Final.
Personal information
Full name Robert Berrima Quinn
Nickname(s) Bob
Date of birth 9 April 1915
Place of birth Birkenhead, South Australia
Date of death 12 September 2008(2008-09-12) (aged 93)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Semaphore Centrals
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1933–1947 Port Adelaide 239 (386)
1944 Port/Torrens (World War II) 12 (28)
Total 251 (414)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1936–1947 South Australia 15 (26)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1939–1940;
1945–1947		 Port Adelaide ≈80
1953 South Australia 4 (3–1–0) 75.00%
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1953.
Career highlights

Club

  • 2× Magarey Medal (1938, 1945)
  • 3× Port Adelaide premiership player (1936, 1937, 1939)
  • Port Adelaide captain (1939–40, 1945–47)
  • 4× Port Adelaide best and fairest (1937, 1938, 1945, 1947)
  • 2× Port Adelaide leading goalkicker (1937, 1945)

Representative

  • South Australia captain (1945, 1946, 1947)
  • 15 games for South Australia
  • All-Australian captain (1947)

Coaching

  • Port Adelaide premiership coach (1939)

Honours

  • Australian Football Hall of Fame (1996)
  • South Australian Football Hall of Fame (2002)
  • Port Adelaide's greatest team (left half forward)
  • Inaugural Port Adelaide #1 ticket holder in the AFL
  • Namesake for SANFL medal awarded on ANZAC Day.
Source: AustralianFootball.com
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