Andy Lovell

{{short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Andy Lovell

| image = Andy Lovell 2018.1.jpg

| caption = Lovell with Gold Coast in August 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Glenorchy (TFL)

| debutdate = Round 3, 1988

| debutteam = Melbourne

| debutopponent = Geelong

| debutstadium = the MCG

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 82 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1998

| coachstatsend = 2015

| years1 = 1988–1995

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 121 (146)

| years2 = 1996–1998

| club2 = West Coast

| games_goals2 = {{0}}43 {{0}}(20)

| games_goalstotal = 164 (166)

| coachyears1 = 2015

| coachclub1 = Indigenous All-Stars

| coachgames_wins1 = (0–1–0)

| careerhighlights = *Harold Ball Memorial Trophy: 1988

}}

Anthony Lovell (born 28 July 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and West Coast in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues (VFL/AFL). Lovell currently serves as an assistant coach with the Gold Coast Football Club.{{cite web|title=Football Staff|url=http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/team/football-staff/coaching-staff|website=goldcoastfc.com.au|publisher=Gold Coast Football Club|accessdate=16 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910131254/http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/team/football-staff/coaching-staff|archive-date=10 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

As a teenager Lovell had been a wood chopper which earned him the nickname 'Chopper' and his father Greg was a world champion at the sport.{{Cite web |title=Greg Lovell - Tasmania |url=https://www.australianaxemen.org.au/hall-of-fame/greg-lovell-tasmania/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Australian Axemen's Association |language=en-US}} Lovell attended Melbourne High School for one year (1988) and was a member of the School's 1st XVIII alongside Matthew Knights, Stephen Tingay, Stephen Ryan and John Ahern, footballers who also later played in the VFL and AFL.

Lovell was recruited to Melbourne from Tasmanian club Glenorchy and in his debut season played in their losing Grand Final to Hawthorn Football Club. A ruck-rover, Lovell was handy near goals and in a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) against Richmond in 1993 he kicked a career best eight goals as his side won by a record 121 points. The previous year he ran second in Melbourne's Best and fairest.

Lovell was traded to West Coast for the 1996 AFL season and spent three years in their midfield before retiring. He later became coach of the Sandringham Zebras and is currently an assistant coach at the Gold Coast Suns.{{cite news|title=Andy Lovell joins Gold Coast Suns as assistant coach to Guy McKenna|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=5 October 2010|accessdate=29 June 2014|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-premiership/andy-lovell-joins-gold-coast-suns-as-assistant-coach-to-guy-mckenna/story-e6frf3e3-1225934347167}}