Aaron Lord

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Aaron Lord

| image =

| fullname = Aaron Lord

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|7|21}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Central U18

| height = 186 cm

| weight = 87 kg

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| statsend = 2003

| years1 = 1994 – 1996

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}32 {{0}}(19)

| years2 = 1997 – 2001

| club2 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}93 (136)

| years3 = 2002 – 2003

| club3 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals3 = {{0}}25 {{0}}(30)

| games_goalstotal = 150 (185)

| careerhighlights =

• Hawthorn leading goalkicker: 1999
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 1995
• VFL premiership player: 2001

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Aaron Lord (born 21 July 1975) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Hawthorn in the AFL.

A forward pocket specialist, Lord made his league debut in 1994 with Geelong. After three seasons with the Cats he moved to Hawthorn where he enjoyed his most prolific time up forward.

He kicked a bag of 6 goals five times in his career and his best season tally came in 1999 when he topped Hawthorn's goalkicking with 42 goals. In 2002 he returned to Geelong at pick one in the pre-season draft before retiring at the end of the following season.

In 2004 Aaron was part of a reality TV show The Resort. The show had 15 young people renovating a holiday resort in Fiji. The show was a ratings disaster and Lord admitted to being "a little scarred from the whole reality TV experience."[http://www.realityravings.com/2009/12/02/where-are-they-now-from-reality-shows-long-forgotten Where are they now?] realityravings.com/ 2 December 2009 {{dead link|date=August 2023}}

He later found employment with the sports attache at the Australian Embassy in Paris and later as a senior adviser to the Victorian sports minister.