Robert Hyde (footballer)

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| name = Robert Hyde

| image =

| fullname = Robert Hyde

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|01|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Greensborough

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 85 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1979

| years1 = 1973–1978

| club1 = Collingwood

| games_goals1 = 62 (2)

| years2 = 1979

| club2 = Essendon

| games_goals2 = 1 (0)

| games_goalstotal = 63 (2)

| careerhighlights = *1976 Copeland Trophy

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Robert Hyde (born 1 November 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood and Essendon football teams in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.

Playing career

Hyde played 63 senior VFL football games between 1973 and 1979.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Robert_Hyde.html AFL Player Statistics - Robert Hyde], retrieved 2009-09-18 A defender, Hyde won the Copeland Trophy in 1976 for Collingwood's best and fairest player. Hyde played for Collingwood in both the drawn 1977 VFL Grand Final and the Grand Final replay the following week. He finished his career with Essendon.

Coaching career

Hyde coached Greensborough to Diamond Valley Football League premierships in 1983 and 1984,{{cite web| url=http://www.greensboroughfc.com.au/fc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=14| title=Honour Board| publisher=Greensborough| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126084949/http://www.greensboroughfc.com.au/fc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6&Itemid=14| archive-date=26 January 2014| df=dmy-all}} and then spent time coaching North Old Boys in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sunday Age (Sports Liftout)|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|pages=17–19|author=Pat Maher|date=19 April 1992|title=AFL old-timers find niche in amateurs}} He was coach of the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup from 1996 to 2006, during which time he led the Cannons to five grand finals, winning three premierships[http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3020-0-0-0&sID=107187 Calder Cannons homepage], retrieved 2009-09-18 After leaving Calder, he coached the Victorian Country team in the AFL Under 18 Championships.[http://www.aflvic.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/PDF/Reports/AFL_Vic_Annual_Report_07_lowres__3_.pdf AFL Victoria, Annual Report], retrieved 2009-09-18[http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/06/07/14776_geelong_sports.html Strong Falcons link to Victorian Country side for national under-18 titles], The Geelong Advertiser, 7 June 2008, retrieved 2009-09-18[http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/06/13/77991_geelong_sports.html Geelong Falcon Ben Cunnington to captain Victorian Country], The Geelong Advertiser, 13 June 2009, retrieved 2009-09-18 Hyde was appointed as senior coach of the Northern Blues in the VFL at the start of the 2012 season, a role he took on a part-time basis;{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/hyde-to-coach-northern-bullants/story-fn53khop-1226172167935|title=Hyde to coach Northern Bullants|date=20 Oct 2011|access-date=23 Oct 2011|newspaper=Leader|first=Sam|last=Landsberger}} however, he did not coach out the season, leaving the club on 28 June 2012. Hyde stated that the role was too large for a part-time coach, particularly because his own availability (as dictated by his primary job as a school principal) meant that he could not interact with AFL-listed players from {{AFL Car}}, the Northern Blues' AFL-affiliate, except on game day.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/northern-blues-coach-robert-hyde-walks-out-after-10-games/story-e6frf9jf-1226410461921|title=Northern Blues coach Robert Hyde walks out after 10 games|date=27 June 2012|access-date=28 June 2012|first1=Paul|last1=Amy|first2=Sam|last2=Landsberger|newspaper=Herald Sun}}