Michael Quinn (footballer)

Michael Quinn
Personal information
Irish name Micheál Ó Cuinn
Sport Gaelic football
Position Centre Back
Born (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)
County Longford, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
2007-
Club titles
Longford titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2012-
Longford

Michael Quinn (born 26 January 1990) is a Gaelic footballer for the Killoe Young Emmets club and the Longford county team. He is also a former professional Australian rules footballer with Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Quinn is notable as holding the record for the quickest conversion of a former GAA player to play in the AFL, taking the record from Martin Clarke and having made his AFL debut just weeks after arriving in Australia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Burgan, Matt (6 April 2009). "Stynes salutes Essendon's mighty Quinn". AFL. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Herald Sun | Breaking News and Headlines from Melbourne and Victoria | Herald Sun".