Frederick "Fred" Lynch is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL).

Lynch appeared in six of the opening eight rounds of the 1956 VFL season

1956 VFL season

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, while on permit from Coragulac. He wasn't able to fully commit to Essendon due to his farm work and chose to remain in the Hampden Football League. A half back flanker, he played briefly for Colac, before returning to Coragulac in 1959. He won the Maskell Medal in 1961.

His son, Paul Lynch, played for Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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from 1993 to 2000.