Bernie Quinlan

Bernie Quinlan played 366 senior VFL games chiefly for Fitzroy, as well as Western Bulldogs between 1969 and 1986, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Bernie Quinlan's career spans 3 decades, from the 1960s to the 1980s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Bernie Quinlan at a peak of 100 out of 100, reached in the 1980s. That figure measures Bernie Quinlan only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1980s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Bernie Quinlan include 1 Brownlow Medal and 2 league leading-goalkicker awards.

Season by season, the data credits Bernie Quinlan with a best season of 448 disposals in 1981, 817 career goals and a top Brownlow year of 9 votes in 1984. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.