Garry Lyon

Garry Lyon

Garry Lyon in 2008
Personal information
Full name Garry Lyon
Date of birth (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967
Place of birth Devonport, Tasmania
Original team(s) Kyabram
Height/Weight 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) / 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Centre half-forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1986–1999 Melbourne 226 (426)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
1989–1995 Victoria 10 00(?)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
2001–2004 Australia
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1999 season.
Career highlights

Garry Peter Lyon (born 13 September 1967) is a former professional Australian rules football player and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Since his retirement from football, he has been mainly an Australian rules football media personality, featuring on television, radio and in newspapers. He has also coached during the International Rules Series.

Football career

Lyon, the son of former Hawthorn player Peter, was born in Devonport and attended Melbourne High School. He was recruited from Kyabram and debuted in 1986 with the Melbourne Football Club, playing in a Grand Final in 1988. He quickly became a dominant player in the AFL, winning his first best and fairest award in 1990. He became Melbourne's captain in 1991, and eventually became the longest-serving Melbourne captain in club history until he was released from the role after the 1997 season due to the club's belief that he would suffer from too many injuries. Lyon was known for playing with many back injuries and his presence on the field despite such adversity saw him as an inspiration to teammates.[1]

Lyon finished his career having won two Melbourne best and fairest awards and being named in three All-Australian teams. His career ended as a result of increasing back problems. A broken leg, footage of which is often played on The AFL Footy Show, ended his 1987 season. In the end he finished with 226 AFL games and 426 goals in 1999, third best all-time for a Melbourne player.

Media career

Lyon's radio career began in the late 1990s on 3AW, and in 2004 he hosted Morning Glory on SEN 1116. In 2005 he returned to 3AW, and appeared on Sports Today as well as providing special comments for the station's AFL coverage. In 2007, Lyon moved to Triple M where he currently co-hosts The Friday Night Rub with James Brayshaw.

Lyon became a regular panelist on the The AFL Footy Show late in his playing career. In 2006, alongside James Brayshaw, he took the hosting reins of the program after Eddie McGuire became CEO of the Nine Network. Previously he had worked alongside Brayshaw on The Sunday Footy Show and in 2005 on Any Given Sunday, as well as being a presenter of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 coverage on Nine. In 2007 he became a panelist on the program Footy Classified.

He is a columnist for the newspaper The Age, and has co-authored children's books including those in the Specky Magee series with Felice Arena.

In February 2016, Garry Lyon stood down from all of his TV, radio and newspaper commitments due to a reported mental health condition. [2]

Coaching

Since his retirement, Lyon has dabbled in coaching. He has coached the Australian international rules football team debuting in 2001 and remained coach for four successive seasons before being replaced by Kevin Sheedy. His International rules record remains as two heavy losses and two narrow wins.

Despite being touted as a potential Melbourne Football Club coach, Lyon has vowed not to re-enter senior coaching. In 2009, he coached the Victorian under 16 representative side at the AFL championships.[3]

Playing statistics

Brownlow Medal votes
Season Votes
1986 3
1987 1
1988 —
1989 3
1990 9
1991 —
1992 —
1993 5
1994 10
1995 9
1996 —
1997 —
1998 —
1999 —
Total 40
Key:
Green / Bold = Won
[4]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1986 Melbourne 3 20 26 18 215 65 280 70 N/A 1.3 0.9 10.8 3.3 14.0 3.5 N/A
1987 Melbourne 3 18 28 20 189 76 265 69 21 1.6 1.1 10.5 4.2 14.7 3.8 1.2
1988 Melbourne 3 22 41 30 278 82 360 110 43 1.9 1.4 12.6 3.7 16.4 5.0 2.0
1989 Melbourne 3 15 20 12 230 57 287 89 18 1.3 0.8 15.3 3.8 19.1 5.9 1.2
1990 Melbourne 3 21 13 9 284 89 373 104 47 0.6 0.4 13.5 4.2 17.8 5.0 2.2
1991 Melbourne 3 18 11 11 235 125 360 79 39 0.6 0.6 13.1 6.9 20.0 4.4 2.2
1992 Melbourne 3 16 30 14 211 101 312 84 34 1.9 0.9 13.2 6.3 19.5 5.3 2.1
1993 Melbourne 3 18 36 37 242 100 342 120 17 2.0 2.1 13.4 5.6 19.0 6.7 0.9
1994 Melbourne 3 24 79 47 295 80 375 151 36 3.3 2.0 12.3 3.3 15.6 6.3 1.5
1995 Melbourne 3 20 77 46 233 44 277 109 25 3.9 2.3 11.7 2.2 13.9 5.5 1.3
1996 Melbourne 3 6 15 8 50 11 61 25 5 2.5 1.3 8.3 1.8 10.2 4.2 0.8
1997 Melbourne 3 5 7 8 27 6 33 13 3 1.4 1.6 5.4 1.2 6.6 2.6 0.6
1998 Melbourne 3 21 40 17 154 56 210 71 26 1.9 0.8 7.3 2.7 10.0 3.4 1.2
1999 Melbourne 3 2 3 0 13 6 19 9 1 1.5 0.0 6.5 3.0 9.5 4.5 0.5
Career 226 426 277 2656 898 3554 1103 315 1.9 1.2 11.8 4.0 15.7 4.9 1.5

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, R. and Main, J. (2005). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. ISBN 1-86350-243-2
  2. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/garry-lyon-to-take-from-off-from-media-commitments-to-seek-treatment-for-mental-health-problems/news-story/9c1653d2cc9b2d05e6ceb06ee8b159f8
  3. ↑ Wilson, Caroline (4 March 2010). "Lyon tells: Why I'll never coach". TheAge.com.au. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Garry Lyon's player profile at AFL Tables

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