Alistair Lord

Alistair Lord (born 9 April 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.

Alistair Lord
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-04-09) 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
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.

Notes

  1. Geoff Slattery (ed), The Brownlow, Slattery Media, Docklands, 2010, p. 146.


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