Malcolm Lynch

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

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| name = Malcolm Lynch

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| fullname = Malcolm Lynch

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|3|16}}

| birth_place = Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory

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| death_place =

| originalteam = Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview (NSW)

| draftpick = No. 46, 2011 Pre-season Draft, {{AFL NM}}

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 68 kg

| position =

| statsend = 2011

| years1 = 2007

| club1 = {{AFL WB}}

| games_goals1 = 2 (0)

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Malcolm Lynch (born 16 March 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Originally from the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory, Lynch played football in the Northern Territory until he won a scholarship and attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney. In 2006 Lynch represented the "Flying Boomerangs", Australia's Indigenous youth team, on a tour of South Africa, including a match against the South African Buffaloes, South Africa's national Australian rules team.AFL Record. Round 9, 2008. pg 12

Lynch was selected at number 66 overall by the Western Bulldogs at the 2007 AFL Draft and following some performances with the Bulldogs' Victorian Football League (VFL) affiliate Williamstown Football Club, made his AFL debut in round 12 2007 against the Fremantle Dockers. After two senior games with the Bulldogs Lynch was delisted at the end of the 2009 AFL season.

In 2010 Lynch became the first Indigenous Australian to set foot on Antarctica.{{cite web|last=Bowen|first=Nick|title=Lynch Receives Second Chance at Roos|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-118-0-0-0&sID=60264&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=18083604|work=AFL Victoria|publisher=Sporting Pulse|access-date=14 September 2012}}

In 2012 Lynch was given a second chance at the AFL when he was drafted at 46 by North Melbourne at the 2012 Rookie Draft but after failing to play a senior match was delisted at the end of the 2012 AFL season.{{cite web|last=Siracusa|first=Claire|title=Kangaroos delist three|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/kangaroos-delist-three-20120919-266hg.html|work=WA Today|date=19 September 2012 |publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=19 September 2012}}