A Look at John Lynch's Career, So Far
To celebrate John Lynch being named to the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2021, look back at some of his best moments as an NFL player, analyst and general manager.
![S Jaquiski Tartt, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/hpybpjwqrnk7pcyg5ph3.jpg)
S Jaquiski Tartt, John Lynch
![John Lynch and Family](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/wthbvxlwwj7osi1hszzw.jpg)
John Lynch and Family
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ll1fottugpoffcp40wkm.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/fnpqepd6n7zv3tdfsogl.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch, fans](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/hcfcz8q7ewlkl1sny6cn.jpg)
John Lynch, fans
![Paraag Marathe, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/jdbifxzvz3gwceonbkey.jpg)
Paraag Marathe, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/vhsxqjnuhlf1egiidgql.jpg)
John Lynch
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/jfocnfhhwexoowxuhoms.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/aad8g0gufm5huwvjtyvc.jpg)
John Lynch
![Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/cbfo6y22voc0vcdjcc3u.jpg)
Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch
![RB Tevin Coleman, RB Jerick McKinnon, John Lynch, DB Jimmie Ward, S Jaquiski Tartt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/qdrncotem0teauafmgdw.jpg)
RB Tevin Coleman, RB Jerick McKinnon, John Lynch, DB Jimmie Ward, S Jaquiski Tartt
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/cntap0gkplzoegt8ngct.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![Adam Peters, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/xhzrjz6jl0knyrhpy3bk.jpg)
Adam Peters, John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/bvkzzibk4mo5vegsea5q.jpg)
John Lynch
![Robert Saleh, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/rw8d9t25p4ry5f5tmtl7.jpg)
Robert Saleh, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch
![Charissa Thompson, Jay Glazer, Taylor Gabriel, John Lynch, Charles Tillman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ryuaorrmvqsaoz2zfshj.jpg)
Charissa Thompson, Jay Glazer, Taylor Gabriel, John Lynch, Charles Tillman
![Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/bwtpxugpab623j4kcsnn.jpg)
Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/id8cn9lypmyaceazvzy3.jpg)
John Lynch
![T Mike McGlinchey, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/tmyhloz0wbitjhrrupzn.jpg)
T Mike McGlinchey, John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/plyywfhfifcaarjgymug.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/pyg4gywnw9aticzxvult.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/drfqpfxs7jj6teqwyfxs.jpg)
John Lynch
![Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/fbotc5uze5xdrenkkgry.jpg)
Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch
![K Robbie Gould, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/rakzgfwud8wyv3x1m4j6.jpg)
K Robbie Gould, John Lynch
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/e0cwwpinzwrwrhcxqscx.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/xz1nyaes75lvijbg6voo.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/y78ukmgowmyttl3jfv7f.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ormvqxlaraaiomhrqpqd.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/zlaumpgkbupdrgwfytyw.jpg)
John Lynch
![Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/gzrw41exybin7g2wgeph.jpg)
Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/jxyuvwo9ceo8romcsww0.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch, QB Jimmy Garoppolo](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/in3lrqbhoosemja8dpb6.jpg)
John Lynch, QB Jimmy Garoppolo
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/zbtczolizaamjj1mnf7g.jpg)
John Lynch
![WR Kendrick Bourne, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/itipfms7hhzaeb8tmanw.jpg)
WR Kendrick Bourne, John Lynch
![Paraag Marathe, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/zmwg5kodrjmznnsqgfmp.jpg)
Paraag Marathe, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ls3i6nowgtkke9vq6fg1.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/wnpyiwszvizw0zrndcvh.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/hpnm5uvsvomqbenvtsxh.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/yjkevjm3obi5ebnnila6.jpg)
John Lynch
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/lau25ldiwqu9wgsgnhwa.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![John Lynch, T Mike McGlinchey, Kyle Shanahan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/wfmxatbg942jeh2yeoyf.jpg)
John Lynch, T Mike McGlinchey, Kyle Shanahan
![John Lynch, J.J. Birden](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/nz2blrs1tu76v37wvtot.jpg)
John Lynch, J.J. Birden
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/x30oxmvaudgmz5vbaowb.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/bdzdd00ly16l9o9rqq9q.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/jri8qxee2d51rfr5bqyi.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/n2xcpkyf6nxzjoco48rm.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/lt1enp1ziopcmy2lkicu.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/opp6tjaijdhl44fgow0l.jpg)
John Lynch
![General Manager John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/zyp85nw7yq96mpnoyvfi.jpg)
General Manager John Lynch
![John Lynch, QB Jimmy Garoppolo](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/s5jkakrbmc4bukxwqt7q.jpg)
John Lynch, QB Jimmy Garoppolo
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/c579dblvtks1ila1j4k2.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/rhloyalvactfe6bepf1w.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch, Terry Holt](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/tjt8s8fnjzfcxzi6ilr0.jpg)
John Lynch, Terry Holt
![John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ofznqqp4ry4zikkvdmod.jpg)
John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan
![John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/e9j1dokaj1z44kmyiu0c.jpg)
John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan
![John Lynch, Martin Mayhew](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/nlggb6jy2j3sszj8pfsj.jpg)
John Lynch, Martin Mayhew
![John Lynch and Family](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/bhtipjz09q9dabvfknm7.jpg)
John Lynch and Family
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/hbcbp1rhvwll4nvtzjoe.jpg)
John Lynch
![Joe Montana, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/em2oycmn6lq4sgdsrdpd.jpg)
Joe Montana, John Lynch
![Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, Adam Peters, John Lynch, Martin Mayhew](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/if1yxqdy6ktcwzoqpsm7.jpg)
Jed York, Kyle Shanahan, Adam Peters, John Lynch, Martin Mayhew
![John Lynch, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/nkxgsvgpwp5hfvorlewl.jpg)
John Lynch, Jed York, Kyle Shanahan
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/udhhvpxvppovsrzaybhu.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch, Herm Edwards](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ffftbthqv3ls15dxixyw.jpg)
John Lynch, Herm Edwards
![John Lynch, DT Solomon Thomas](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ehzxzmjwfgfpouiufpuo.jpg)
John Lynch, DT Solomon Thomas
![John Lynch, Errict Rhett](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/g637mluww1kzdzm9vno6.jpg)
John Lynch, Errict Rhett
![CB Emmanuel Moseley, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/wbhx7mv1yflujjklvjgy.jpg)
CB Emmanuel Moseley, John Lynch
![John Lynch, Drew Brees](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/jriauwaq7esbdajfdg3r.jpg)
John Lynch, Drew Brees
![John Lynch fans](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/uihzfpvlmxisdh1t3yxz.jpg)
John Lynch fans
![John Lynch, CB Richard Sherman, T Joe Staley](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/chfs7kgryfuun14ijlct.jpg)
John Lynch, CB Richard Sherman, T Joe Staley
![John Lynch, CB Richard Sherman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/sbjmhrndnbxoxgv0cwul.jpg)
John Lynch, CB Richard Sherman
![John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/bejwxxwa2srfhnhsrcbs.jpg)
John Lynch, Kyle Shanahan
![John Elway, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/g2lzapskdaebpp03ernh.jpg)
John Elway, John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/iymrcbzgzollins1dpsp.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/lhdrsyjtwumzlmumsclk.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/oidqjqxdnpgiynrlh9jz.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch and Family](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/wuna08kbfi5o4ko5wdlw.jpg)
John Lynch and Family
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/ddsmil1scafgr4dfsq9e.jpg)
John Lynch
![Adrian Peterson, Jamie Winborn, John Lynch, D.J. Williams](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/jdqibrn7adcykpyqzcl1.jpg)
Adrian Peterson, Jamie Winborn, John Lynch, D.J. Williams
![DL Nick Bosa, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/tcpw1xv1emioetz76vla.jpg)
DL Nick Bosa, John Lynch
![CB Richard Sherman, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/fthraaqanis0we2asycu.jpg)
CB Richard Sherman, John Lynch
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/exkloy7gw4luomevpgwr.jpg)
John Lynch
![John Lynch, WR Kendrick Bourne](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/or2kla2ahpjpwzk3uf4k.jpg)
John Lynch, WR Kendrick Bourne
![John Lynch, Demetrius DuBose](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/umsh6nnbxpac4id6se8e.jpg)
John Lynch, Demetrius DuBose
![John Lynch, RB Raheem Mostert](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/gotgv3fk54a1f7x7jkha.jpg)
John Lynch, RB Raheem Mostert
![John Lynch retirement](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/lvropgmxkynlsyulaxnt.jpg)
John Lynch retirement
![John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/tszkqbrmx8hrcmnjneo2.jpg)
John Lynch
![Drew Brees, John Lynch](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/49ers/dtqmzx65iudpgoyvuxkr.jpg)
Drew Brees, John Lynch