Alistair Lord
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Alistair Lord | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 9 April 1940 | ||
Original team(s) | Cobden | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1959–1966 | Geelong | 122 (79) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Alistair Lord (born 9 April 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Lord played as a centreman and debuted in 1959. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1962 comfortably as well as the Carji Greeves Medal, averaging 30 disposals a game for the year. In 1963 he was a member of Geelong's premiership side, playing alongside his twin brother Stewart.
He retired at 26 and returned to the family farm at Cobden.[1] He accepted the position as captain-coach of South Warrnambool in the Hampden League. He often played against his brother, Stewart, who was captain-coach of Camperdown at the time.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Geoff Slattery (ed), The Brownlow, Slattery Media, Docklands, 2010, p. 146.
- ^ Lord dashes Cat's Hopes: To continue with South Warrnambool, The Age, (Friday, 14 March 1969), p.21.
External links[edit]
- Alistair Lord at AustralianFootball.com
Categories:
- 1940 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Geelong Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club Premiership players
- Brownlow Medal winners
- Carji Greeves Medal winners
- Cobden Football Club players
- South Warrnambool Football Club players
- Living people
- Twin people from Australia
- Twin sportspeople
- Identical twins
- People educated at Geelong College
- One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs