Aaron Lord (born 21 July 1975) is a former professional

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er who played for

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and Hawthorn in the

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. A

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specialist, Lord made his league debut in 1994 with Geelong. After three seasons with the Cats he moved to Hawthorn where he enjoyed his most prolific time up forward. He kicked a bag of 6 goals five times in his career and his best season tally came in 1999 when he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking with 42 goals. In 2002 he returned to Geelong at pick one in the pre-season draft before retiring at the end of the following season. In 2004 Aaron was part of a

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show ''The Resort''. The show had 15 young people renovating a holiday resort in

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. The show was a ratings disaster and Lord admitted to being "a little scarred from the whole reality TV experience."Where are they now?
realityravings.com/ 2 December 2009 He later found employment with the sports attache at the Australian Embassy in Paris and later as a senior adviser to the Victorian sports minister.

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1975 births Living people Geelong Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Sandringham Dragons players Box Hill Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian expatriate sportspeople in France 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub