Greg Hutchison (born 13 June 1957) is a former

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er who played with and coached

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Playing career

Melbourne Football Club

Originally from Chelsea Football Club, Hutchinson made his senior VFL debut in

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for the

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and appeared sporadically for the Demons until the early 1980s. Much of his football was played in the reserves but he managed 96 senior games, as a utility.

Coaching career

From 1986 to 1989, Hutchison coached in the VFA with

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, steering them to the 1987 second division premiership.

Melbourne Football Club

In 1997, Hutchison was appointed caretaker senior coach of

after their senior coach

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was sacked mid-season. His side won three of the 13 games that he coached that year and he wasn't reappointed to the position the following season, with

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appointed to the position of senior coach of Melbourne Football Club.

Other Roles

Hutchison then joined Richmond as an assistant coach. In 2008 he was announced as the coach of the

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. He held the position of Football Manager at the

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under the

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regime and was courted to join him at

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before accepting his current role at the

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. In 2015 he was announced as the coach of Old Brighton Football Club in the

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, leading them to premiership success in 2017 over Old Scotch.

References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchison, Greg 1957 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Melbourne Football Club coaches Prahran Football Club coaches Casey Demons coaches Chelsea Football Club (Australia) players