his former Bulldog teammate Barry Round (who had left the Bulldogs too by this stage). He also twice kicked more than 100 goals in a season: 1983 and 1984. Quinlan led a formidable forward line in the mid-1980s with the likes of Michael Conlan, Garry Wilson, David McMahon and Gary Sidebottom. Together with Paul Roos and Gary Pert in the back line, they propelled Fitzroy to their most successful years in the post-war era. He was a prodigious kicker of the football which earned him the nickname "Superboot."(YouTube video) He regularly featured in the World of Sport kicking competitions (a sports program which was popular in Melbourne for three decades). Playing statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1969 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 9 || 18 || 16 || 99 || 7 || 106 || 46 || || 2.0 || 1.8 || 11.0 || 0.8 || 11.8 || 5.1 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1970 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 21 || 12 || 25 || 292 || 26 || 318 || 109 || || 0.6 || 1.2 || 13.9 || 1.2 || 15.1 || 5.2 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1971 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 21 || 48 || 47 || 343 || 61 || 404 || 168 || || 2.3 || 2.2 || 16.3 || 2.9 || 19.2 || 8.0 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1972 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 21 || 37 || 41 || 304 || 79 || 383 || 112 || || 1.8 || 2.0 || 14.5 || 3.8 || 18.2 || 5.3 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1973 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 20 || 20 || 23 || 301 || 83 || 384 || 115 || || 1.0 || 1.2 || 15.1 || 4.2 || 19.2 || 5.8 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1974 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 18 || 9 || 7 || 272 || 44 || 316 || 80 || || 0.5 || 0.4 || 15.1 || 2.4 || 17.6 || 4.7 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1975 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 22 || 36 || 17 || 285 || 46 || 331 || 100 || || 1.6 || 0.8 || 13.6 || 2.2 || 15.8 || 4.8 || |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1976 |style="text-align:center;"| | 2 || 23 || 34 || 39 || 311 || 83 ||