Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)

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Ian Stewart

Personal Info
Birth	July 30, 1943, Queenstown, Tasmania
Recruited from	Hobart, (Tas.)
Playing Career¹
Debut	April 20, 1963, St Kilda vs. Melbourne, at
Team(s)	St Kilda (1963-1970) 127 games, 25 goals Richmond (1971-1975) 78 games, 55 goals
Coaching Career¹
Team(s)	South Melbourne 1976-77, 1979-1981 Carlton 1978 (3 games only)
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career Highlights
St Kilda Best and Fairest 1964 1966 Brownlow Medallist 1965 (tie), 1966, 1971 Premiership player 1966 1973 All-Australian 1966 Victorian state representative 1966 St Kilda captain 1969

Ian Harlow Stewart (born July 30, 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer.

Contents 1 St Kilda career 2 Richmond career 3 Coaching career 4 Post coaching career 5 Hall of Fame 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] St Kilda career

Stewart played in the VFL, firstly with St Kilda from 1963-1970. He made his name with the Saints as a dashing centreman. He won two Brownlow Medals with the Saints, in 1965 (tied with Noel Teasdale) and 1966, and was part of the Saints' only premiership side in 1966. He captained the Saints in 1969, before leaving the club at the end of 1970 in a swap with Richmond player Bill Barrot.

[edit] Richmond career

Stewart joined the Richmond Tigers for the 1971 season, where he won his third Brownlow Medal in his first year there. This victory made Stewart the first person to win Brownlow Medals at two different clubs. He was part of the Tigers' 1973 premiership side; retired in mid 1974 but played a few games in 1975 after being talked out of retirement. Played 78 games with the Tigers.

[edit] Coaching career

Stewart coached the South Melbourne Football Club in 1976 and 1977, and then switched to Carlton in 1978, where he only coached for 3 games (1 win and 2 losses), retiring after a minor heart attack. In 1979 he was back at South Melbourne, until he finished coaching in 1981, with an unsuccessful record of 111 games with the Swans for 49 wins, 60 losses and 2 draws.

[edit] Post coaching career

Had a managerial role back at St Kilda.

[edit] Hall of Fame

Stewart was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in its inaugural year in 1996, before he was upgraded to Legend status in 1997.

Stewart is also the only player to be inducted in two clubs' Team of the Century. As the centerman in St Kilda's team and on the interchange for Richmond's.

[edit] See also

List of Brownlow Medal winners

[edit] References

• Super Stewie! - Richmond Football Club Official Site

[edit] External links

• St Kilda Hall of Fame profile
• St Kilda honour roll
• Photo of 1966 Victorian state team
• Profile at Football Legends (many photos)

Preceded by: Gordon Collis	Brownlow Medallist 1965, 1966 (tied)	Succeeded by: Ross Smith
Preceded by: Peter Bedford	Brownlow Medallist 1971	Succeeded by: Len Thompson
Preceded by: Darrel Baldock	St Kilda Best and Fairest 1964	Succeeded by: Darrel Baldock
Preceded by: Darrel Baldock	St Kilda Best and Fairest 1966	Succeeded by: Ross Smith
Preceded by: Darrel Baldock	St Kilda captain 1969	Succeeded by: Ross Smith