Ross Lyon
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Lyon in March 2016
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ross Lyon | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1966 | ||
| Original team(s) | Reservoir (NFL) | ||
| Height / weight | 183cm / 89kg | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fremantle | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1985 – 1994 | Fitzroy | 127 (112) | |
| 1995 | Brisbane Bears | 2 (0) | |
| Total | 129 (112) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2007–2011 | St Kilda | 121 (76–41–4) | |
| 2012– | Fremantle | 119(71-47-1) | |
| Total | 240 (147–88–5) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ross Lyon (born 8 November 1966) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is the current senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously coached the St Kilda Football Club between 2007 and 2011. He played for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears between 1985 and 1995.
Lyon began his career with Fitzroy in 1985. After playing the last five games of the season and the first game in 1986 he missed the remainder of the season and most of 1987 due to groin and back injuries that was later diagnosed as spondylolisthesis. He returned to play 19 games in 1988 and ended up playing 127 games over the next ten years and a further two games with Brisbane in 1995 before retiring due to a knee problem. As a player he battled injury but was renowned for his fearless approach to the game, particularly his strong tackling and fierce bump.
After retiring as a player, Lyon began his coaching career as an assistant to Robert Walls at Richmond in 1996 before moving to Carlton in 2000. He spent five years at Carlton both as an assistant coach and as the club's VFL coach where he worked alongside respected coaches David Parkin and Denis Pagan.
In 2004 he joined Sydney as their midfield coach, working under his former Fitzroy teammate Paul Roos and was instrumental in helping the Swans reach consecutive grand finals in 2005 and 2006.
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