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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1915–1985)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Phonse Kyne
| image = PhonseKyne.JPG
| alt = 
| caption = 
| fullname = Alphonsus Edward Kyne
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|10|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Trafalgar, Victoria]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|4|8|1915|10|29}}
| death_place = [[Kew, Victoria]]
| originalteam = [[St Kevin's College, Melbourne|St Kevin's]]
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 86 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1950
| coachstatsend = 1963
| years1 = 1934–1950
| club1 = {{AFL Col}}
| games_goals1 = 245 (237)
| coachyears1 = 1950–1963
| coachclub1 = {{AFL Col}}
| coachgames_wins1 = 272 (161–109–2)
| careerhighlights = *{{AFL Col}} premiership player [[1935 VFL Grand Final|1935]], [[1936 VFL Grand Final|1936]]
*{{AFL Col}} premiership coach [[1953 VFL Grand Final|1953]], [[1958 VFL Grand Final|1958]]
*{{AFL Col}} Team of the Century
*{{AFL Col}} captain 1942, 1946–1949
*[[Copeland Trophy]] 1946–1948
}}

'''Alphonsus Edward "Phonse" Kyne''' (29 October 1915 – 8 April 1985) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for and coached [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]]. He is an inductee of the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] and a member of the official [[Collingwood Team of the Century]]. Along with [[Allan La Fontaine]], he is widely regarded as one of the two best footballers to graduate from [[St Kevin's College, Melbourne|St Kevin's College]], Toorak.

== Playing career ==
A [[centre half-forward]] and [[Ruck (Australian rules football)|ruckman]] during his playing career, Kyne was a member of Collingwood premiership sides in [[1935 VFL grand final|1935]] and [[1936 VFL grand final|1936]].

He won his first [[Copeland Trophy|best and fairest]] in 1946, winning the award again the following two seasons to become the first player to win the Copeland Trophy three years in succession. Kyne had his first stint as captain in 1942 before being appointed to the role permanently from 1946 to 1949. He had served in the [[Australian Army]] ([[22nd Battalion (Australia)|22nd Battalion]]) between 1942 and 1945.

A regular Victorian interstate representative, Kyne played a total of 11 games for the state and captaining them at the [[1947 Hobart Carnival]].

== Coaching career ==
In [[1950 VFL season|1950]], Kyne was appointed coach of Collingwood and took the field seven times that season before becoming a non-playing coach from [[1951 VFL season|1951]] onwards. His 272 games as coach is the second most by a Collingwood player, and he was a premiership-winning coach in [[1953 VFL grand final|1953]] and [[1958 VFL grand final|1958]].

== In popular culture ==
Collingwood historian Michael Roberts speculated that Kyne is one of three Collingwood footballers depicted in [[John Brack]]'s 1953 painting ''[[Three of the Players]]''.<ref>Boland, Michaela (24 August 2010). [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/collingwood-opts-to-pass-up-on-painting/story-fn59niix-1225909100311 "Collingwood opts to pass up on painting"], ''The Australian''. Retrieved 17 April 2013.</ref>

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite book |last=Ross |first=John |title=The Australian Football Hall of Fame |year=1999 |publisher=Harper Collins |location=Pymble |isbn=978-0-7322-6426-0 | page=86}}
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a3RVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0ZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1777%2C3788675 Barr, Andrew, "Magpies' Phonse Kyne dies at 69", ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 9 April 1985), p.40.]

== External links ==
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* {{AFL Tables|ref=P/Phonse_Kyne.html}}
*{{AustralianFootball|ref=phonse%2Bkyne/5697}}
* [https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/Phonse_Kyne.html Coaching record]

{{1935/36 Collingwood dual premiership players}}
{{1953 Collingwood premiership players}}
{{1958 Collingwood premiership players}}
{{Collingwood Football Club captains}}
{{Collingwood Football Club coaches}}
{{Collingwood Team of The Century}}
{{Copeland Trophy}}
{{Jock McHale Medal}}

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[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
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