Alistair Lord (born 9 April 1940) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played for
Geelong
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during the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Lord played as a centreman and debuted in
1959
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. He won the
Brownlow Medal
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in
1962
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, and the
Carji Greeves Medal
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The voting system has changed a number of times. Fo ...
, averaging 30 disposals a game for the year. In
1963
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, he became a member of Geelong's premiership side, playing alongside his identical twin brother
Stewart.
Lord retired at 26 years old and returned to the family farm at
Cobden. He accepted a position as
captain-coach
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of
South Warrnambool in the
Hampden League. He often played against his twin brother
Stewart, who was captain-coach of
Camperdown at the time.
Lord dashes Cat's Hopes: To continue with South Warrnambool, ''The Age'', (Friday, 14 March 1969), p.21.
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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
Place of birth missing (living people)
Australian twins
Identical twins
People educated at Geelong College
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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