Happy Birthday to one of the greatest Lions of all-time, the great Bernie Quinlan.

β€˜Superboot’ to his fans, Quinlan is celebrating his 70th birthday today, which is about one year for every metre of his average kick.

Bernie was Fitzroy’s last Brownlow Medallist in 1981, is a two-time Coleman Medallist and a member of the Lions Hall of Fame and the AFL Hall of Fame

Chosen at centre half-forward in the Fitzroy Team of the Century, he played 189 games with the club and kicked 576 goals from 1978-86 and was a five-time Fitzroy leading goal-kicker, all after nine years at the old Footscray.

He’s 10th on the all-time AFL games list and 11th on the all-time goal list and is only of football’s real treasures.

Happy Birthday, Bernie!

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