Bobby Lynch


Robert Emmett Lynch was an American baseball player and coach, and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Born in Chicago, Lynch played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1900 to 1902, and then in minor league baseball until 1914. He played in the American Association, Western League, Southern Association, Eastern League, Central League, and the Wisconsin–Illinois League. Lynch also coached college baseball at Notre Dame, Northwestern, and Clemson, and coached in the minors.

Career

After his baseball career, Lynch was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly twice. First, from 1933 to 1936 and second, from 1943 to 1958. He was a Democrat. He died at Green Bay, Wisconsin after a short illness in 1959.