Jarryd Lyons (born 22 July 1992) is a former professional

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er who last played for the

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in the

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(AFL) before his retirement in 2024. He also previously played for the

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from 2011 to 2016 and the

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from 2017 to 2018.

Early life

Lyons' father Marty played 27 games for between 1975 and 1977. His younger brother Corey was listed at the from 2017 to 2020. Lyons attended Malvern's De La Salle College.

AFL career

Adelaide (2011–2016)

Lyons was drafted with selection 61 in the 2010 AFL draft by , having previously played for the Sandringham Dragons in the

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. He did not play in his first AFL season, but showed good signs with

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(SANFL) side, . Lyons made his AFL debut in round 5 of the 2012 season, against at

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in Showdown XXXII. He played only three games in that season but continued to perform in the SANFL and could have played more if it hadn't been for an ill-timed foot injury. Lyons played nine games in 2013, including a 21-disposal game against in round 9 and a four-goal effort against in round 16. At the end of the season he ignored considerable interest from , where his father Marty had played, to stay with the Crows. Lyons played ten games in 2014, beginning to cement his place in the side in the latter half of the year. Despite again attracting interest in the trading period, Lyons rebuffed all other offers to sign with the Crows for another two years. In late 2014 Lyons was bitten on the leg while asleep and developed symptoms consistent with a

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bite, leading to him being hospitalised. He recovered to play 13 games for the 2015 season, nine of them as Adelaide's starting substitute, in what was a trying year for the club, following the mid-season murder of their coach, Phil Walsh. Lyons had his best season at the Crows in 2016, playing 20 games, kicking 15 goals and averaging 22 disposals, in his first season under new coach Don Pyke.

Gold Coast (2017–2018)

At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Lyons was traded to . Lyons slotted straight into the midfield at the Suns and enjoyed a career-best season in 2017, playing 18 games and averaging 25 disposals, despite the Suns only winning six games and their coach,

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, being sacked towards the end of the season. Lyons played 19 games in 2018 and again averaged 25 disposals, and was also equal-third in the AFL for clearances. Despite this, new coach Stuart Dew dropped him twice during the season, and he was delisted at the end of the season with a year left on his three-year contract.

Brisbane Lions (2019–present)

Lyons was signed by the at the beginning of the 2018 first delisted free agency period on 1 November 2018, the day after his delisting from Gold Coast, joining his younger brother Corey at the club. He made his debut for the club in a 44-point upset win against reigning premiers at

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in round 1 of the 2019 season, and played his 100th career game in the loss to the at Mars Stadium in round 8. After accumulating 33 disposals and eight marks in a best-on-ground performance in the win against at the Gabba in round 11, Lyons had a career-best game in the win against Port Adelaide at

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in round 17, accumulating 36 disposals and nine tackles, and followed up a week later against North Melbourne with 30 disposals and two goals. He went on to poll a career-high 13 votes in the

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and finished fourth in voting for the

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, in what was a career-best season. On 12 September 2024, Lyons announced his retirement at the end of the club's season, just prior to their semi-final clash with

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. Lyons will return to SANFL club Glenelg for the 2025 season alongside his brother Corey (already a dual Premiership player at Glenelg).

Statistics

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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Honours and achievements

* 2× Marcus Ashcroft Medal: 2021 (both games) *

J. J. Liston Trophy The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (VFL), which was formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA). It is named after J. J. Liston, J.J. Liston, a busine ...

: 2023

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Jarryd 1992 births Living people Adelaide Football Club players Gold Coast Football Club players Brisbane Lions players Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sandringham Dragons players