4.3 || |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 366 ! 817 ! 612 ! 4849 ! 1200 ! 6049 ! 2017 ! ! 2.2 ! 1.7 ! 13.3 ! 3.3 ! 16.6 ! 5.5 ! |} Life off the field Quinlan was picked up in the January 1972 National Service intake and posted to Puckapunyal with Footscray teammate Peter Welsh. He served in the Service Corp unit and rose to the rank of Lance Corporal. During his playing career, Quinlan worked as a clerk for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. He said in later years that he considered it a "dead-end job" and wished he had taken up a trade instead. After retiring as a player, Quinlan first joined the ABC football commentary team when they had the broadcasting rights in 1987, and then switched to the Seven Network when they regained the rights in 1988. He worked as a commentator with the Seven Network until 1995. Coaching career Fitzroy Football Club senior coach Quinlan returned to Fitzroy as senior coach for the 1995 AFL season, when he replaced Robert Shaw, who left at the end of the 1994 season. However, it soon became clear that he was out of his depth as a senior coach and was sacked after a 126-point loss to Sydney Swans in Round 19, 1995. It was later revealed that senior player John McCarthy was one of the key voices in having him removed. Quinlan was then replaced by Alan McConnell as caretaker senior coach of Fitzroy Football Club for the rest of the 1995 season. The Brisbane Lions mascot Bernie "Gabba" Vegas is partially named as a tribute to Quinlan. Other Roles In 2017, Quinlan joined former footballers Don Scott and Tony Jewell to form a landscaping and gardening crew, doing odd jobs around the Mornington Peninsula. He has worked as a weights coach with VFL team Port Melbourne. References Bibliography External links AFL Hall of Fame - Players 1951 births Living people Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Brownlow Medal winners Coleman Medal winners Western Bulldogs players Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club coaches Traralgon Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)