Alistair Lord
| 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) | |
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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, and the Carji Greeves Medal, averaging 30 disposals a game for the year. In 1963, he became a member of Geelong's premiership side,[1] playing alongside his identical twin brother Stewart.
Lord retired at 26 years old and returned to the family farm at Cobden.[2] He accepted a position as captain-coach of South Warrnambool in the Hampden League. He often played against his twin brother Stewart, who was captain-coach of Camperdown at the time.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Australian Football - Alistair Lord - Player Bio".
- ^ 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
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- 1940 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- 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
- Australian twins
- Identical twins
- People educated at Geelong College
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs