Stewart Lord

Stewart Lord (9 April 1940 - 4 March 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the early 1960s. He was the twin brother of Brownlow Medal winning teammate Alistair Lord.

Stewart Lord
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-04-09)9 April 1940
Date of death 4 March 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 81)[1]
Original team(s) Cobden
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1960–1964 Geelong 74 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lord usually played at halfback although he played his first season in the forward line when he kicked all of his 13 career goals.

On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. A member of Geelong's 1963 premiership team, Lord retired at the end of 1964, aged 24, to become a coach.

He captain-coached Camperdown,[2] and was non playing coach of Geelong West.[3][4]

His identical twin brother, Alistair Lord, won the Brownlow Medal in 1962.[5]

See also

References
  1. "LORD, Stewart". Geelong Advertiser.
  2. Lord dashes Cat's Hopes: To continue with South Warrnambool, The Age, (Friday, 14 March 1969), p.21.
  3. Ker, Peter (7 August 2003). "Ruck legend Farmer reveals he was 'crook' on the Cats". The Age. realfooty.com.au. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. "Geelong West Football Club : History & Honours Board". roosters.org.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  5. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
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