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Stephen Lawrence (born 22 April 1969) is a former
Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
footballer who played for
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in the
Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
. A ruckman throughout his career, he debuted at centre half forward in 1988 and kicked 5 goals against North Melbourne in his first game. The following week he was injured and didn't play again that year. He started to get a regular game in 1990 as back-up for
Greg Dear Greg Dear (born 17 April 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and Richmond in the VFL/AFL. A ruckman, Dear was a member of the strong Hawthorn sides of the late 1980s and a premiership player in 1986, 1988 a ...
, and after Dear was injured during the 1991 pre-season he became number one ruckman. He played in the State of Origin and won best player of the finals in 1991. His father
Godfrey Lawrence Godfrey Bernard "Goofy" Lawrence (born 31 March 1932) is a former Rhodesian cricketer who played in five Test matches for South Africa in the 1961–62 season. A tall right-arm fast-medium bowler from Rhodesia, Lawrence was part of a new-look So ...
played Test cricket for South Africa.


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* 1969 births Living people VFL/AFL players born outside Australia Australian rules footballers from Queensland Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club Premiership players South African emigrants to Australia Allies State of Origin players One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1960s-stub