Gerard Healy

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Gerard Healy

Personal Info
Birth	1 March 1961,
Recruited from	Edithvale-Aspendale
Playing Career¹
Debut	1979, Melbourne vs. [[]], at [[]]
Team(s)	Melbourne (1979-1985) 130 games, 188 goals Sydney (1986-1990) 81 games, 87 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career Highlights
Melbourne Best and Fairest 1984 Sydney Swans Best and Fairest 1986-1988 Brownlow Medal winner 1988 Leigh Matthews Trophy winner 1988 All-Australian 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988

Gerard Healy, (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.

Contents 1 VFL career 1.1 Melbourne Demons 1.2 Sydney Swans 2 Commentating career

[edit] VFL career

[edit] Melbourne Demons

Beginning his career with the Melbourne Football Club in 1979, Healy played mostly in a forward pocket role in attack before switching to an on-baller/midfielder role and establishing himself as one of the premier ball winners in the competition. He won Melbourne's Best and Fairest award in 1984.

[edit] Sydney Swans

He left the Demons in 1985, after playing 130 games, moving to the Sydney Swans at the beginning of the 1986 season. He immediately made an impact at the Swans, winning Best and Fairests in his first three years with the team - 1986, 1987, 1988. He also took home the Brownlow Medal in 1988 as the VFL's Best and Fairest player, and was also named the VFL Players Association MVP in the same year. He retired from Sydney in 1991. He was renowned as one of Sydney's greats, being named in their Team of the Century. Collingwood picked up Healy in the 1991 Pre-Season Draft, but Healy never played a game as he was retired.

[edit] Commentating career

After retiring, Healy became an Australian rules football commentator, first with the Seven Network on their AFL coverage. He has also been a long-time special comments man on 3AW in their AFL coverage, as well as hosting Sports Today. He gave a heartfelt farewell message on the show to his co-host David Hookes after his passing in 2004. He is still at 3AW and worked for Fox Footy until it's closure in 2006. His audio commentary also has also been sampled for computer games such as AFL Live 2004.

Preceded by: Tony Lockett, John Platten	Brownlow Medallist 1988	Succeeded by: Paul Couch
Preceded by: Tony Lockett	Leigh Matthews Trophy 1988	Succeeded by: Tim Watson
Preceded by: Alan Johnson	Melbourne Best and Fairest 1984	Succeeded by: Danny Hughes
Preceded by: Stephen Wright	Sydney Best and Fairest 1986-1988	Succeeded by: Mark Bayes