Alistair Lord (born 9 April 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Lord played as a centreman and debuted in 1959. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1962, and the Carji Greeves Medal, averaging 30 disposals a game for the year. In 1963, he became a member of Geelong's premiership side,[1] playing alongside his identical twin brother Stewart.
Lord retired at 26 years old and returned to the family farm at Cobden.[2] He accepted a position as captain-coach of South Warrnambool in the Hampden League. He often played against his twin brother Stewart, who was captain-coach of Camperdown at the time.[3]
Notes
- ^ "Australian Football - Alistair Lord - Player Bio".
- ^ Geoff Slattery (ed), The Brownlow, Slattery Media, Docklands, 2010, p. 146.
- ^ Lord dashes Cat's Hopes: To continue with South Warrnambool, The Age, (Friday, 14 March 1969), p.21.
External links
- Alistair Lord at AustralianFootball.com
