Alistair Lord

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alistair Lord

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|4|9|df=yes}}

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| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Cobden

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 85 kg

| statsend = 1966

| years1 = 1959–1966

| club1 = Geelong

| games_goals1 = 122 (79)

| careerhighlights = * 1962 Brownlow Medal

  • Geelong premiership player 1963

}}

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,{{cite web | url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/alistair%2Blord/9039 | title=Australian Football - Alistair Lord - Player Bio }} playing alongside his identical twin brother Stewart.

Lord retired at 26 years old and returned to the family farm at Cobden.Geoff Slattery (ed), The Brownlow, Slattery Media, Docklands, 2010, p. 146. 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.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4vgQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=epMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1753%2C2859259 Lord dashes Cat's Hopes: To continue with South Warrnambool, The Age, (Friday, 14 March 1969), p.21.]

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