Stewart Lord (9 April 1940 - 4 March 2022) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...
in the
VFL during the early 1960s. He was the identical twin brother of teammate
Alistair Lord, who won the Brownlow Medal in 1962.
Stewart Lord usually played at halfback although he played his first season in the forward line when he kicked all of his 13 career goals.
A member of Geelong's 1963 premiership team, he retired at the end of 1964, aged 24, to become a coach.
Lord captain-coached
Camperdown and was non-playing coach of
Geelong West
Geelong West is a commercial and residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When Geelong was founded, the area was known as Kildare but its name was changed to Geelong West in 1875. The main street is Pakington Street. At the 2016 c ...
.
See also
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1963 Miracle Match
The "Miracle Match" is the unofficial title given to the Round 10, 1963 Victorian Football League (VFL) home-and-away match played between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval in North Fitzroy on 6 July 1963. The game is most notabl ...
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1940 births
2022 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Geelong Football Club players
Geelong Football Club premiership players
Cobden Football Club players
Camperdown Football Club players
Camperdown Football Club coaches
Geelong West Football Club coaches
Australian twins
Identical twins
People educated at Geelong College
VFL/AFL premiership players
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