Personal life Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)
bob quinn s father, john (jack) quinn, sr, leading footballer of 1890s , 1900s captained port adelaide football club in 1904 , 1905 , represented south australia. bob quinn third of 4 sons, of whom leading footballers of time: eldest brother jack jnr played port adelaide, second eldest tom played port adelaide between 1928 , 1930 before transfer geelong football club in victorian football league (vfl) , youngest brother george played distinction port adelaide
quinn s wife may represented south australia in netball while quinn s son robert jnr, played league football port adelaide , south adelaide football club, , son greg played reserves port adelaide , adelaide grade cricket wicketkeeper.
quinn s brother-in-law charlie chilla walker leading south australian cricketer.
the south australian cricket association s annual trophy best wicketkeeper in adelaide grade competition named after walker. greg quinn won 7 times.
death
in 2008 quinn died after long illness @ age 93, preceded wife may in 1995. survived 4 children, 8 grandchildren , twelve great-grandchildren.
following quinn s death, fellow port player , coach john cahill praised courage , charisma; had presence, , achieved on , off field humble , quietly spoken .
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