Bryan Quirk

Bryan Quirk (born 26 December 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. He was recruited from Morwell Football Club in the then Latrobe Valley Football League. He was Collingwood fan as a child.

Bryan Quirk
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-12-26) 26 December 1946 (age 78)
Original team(s)	Morwell (LVFL)
Debut	Round 3, 1965, Carlton vs. South Melbourne, at Lake Oval
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1965–1975	Carlton	167 (113)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975.
Career highlights
1968 Australian Football World Tour 1968 premiership Carlton Leading Goalkicker 1965
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Quirk made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 3, 1965. He kicked 3 goals on debut as a forward pocket. Quirk retired in 1975, at the age of 29, after eleven years with the club.

After his retirement from playing, he spent many years as a coach. He coached Maryborough in 1976 and 1977.^[2]

He returned to Carlton in 1978 and coached its Under-19s to back-to-back premierships in 1978 and 1979 (assisted by Brian Buckley^[3]), and later coached the Carlton reserves for three seasons.

He coached Victorian Football Association club Oakleigh Football Club from 1987 until 1989, leading the club to the 1988 Division 2 premiership, and returned to the club in 1992 following the mid-year retirement of Russell Rowe.^[4]

Quirk was recently added to a stamp released by Australia Post celebrating premiership players.

Quirk taught grade 5 at Kensington Primary School in 1967.

Quirk used to teach sport at Berwick Fields Primary School.