Alistair Lord

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Alistair Lord
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-04-09) 9 April 1940 (age 85)
Original team(s) Cobden
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1959–1966 Geelong 122 (79)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.
Career highlights
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

  1. ↑ "Australian Football - Alistair Lord - Player Bio".
  2. ↑ Geoff Slattery (ed), The Brownlow, Slattery Media, Docklands, 2010, p. 146.
  3. ↑ Lord dashes Cat's Hopes: To continue with South Warrnambool, The Age, (Friday, 14 March 1969), p.21.
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