Leigh Tudor (born 25 September 1969) is a former

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er who played for

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and

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football clubs and is currently an

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for the North Melbourne Football Club in the

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(AFL)."Highly-respected assistant coach Leigh Tudor joins North Melbourne "
''Herald Sun'', 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013. He was formerly an assistant coach for the

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. In September 2023 Tudor was appointed senior coach of EDFL Premier Division club Pascoe Vale Panthers.

AFL career

Tudor was used mostly as a half forward during his career, which started at North Melbourne in 1989. He played only eight games in four years with North Melbourne and was traded to Geelong in the

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. A regular in the Geelong team, Tudor played in back to back grand finals in 1994 and 1995 but finished on the losing side on both occasions. In a game against Richmond at the MCG in the 1995 season he kicked a career best five goals. Tudor coached Geelong to the Victorian Football League (VFL) premiership in 2007. In 2010 Tudor became an assistant coach at AFL club St Kilda. On 10 October 2013, he was appointed a senior assistant coach for the North Melbourne Football Club. He began his Development Role at Essendon commencing from the 2020 AFL season and was coach of Essendon's reserves team in the

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in 2021.

AFL career

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