Peter Lyon (born 28 December 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL) during the 1960s.

Career

Lyon played with

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originally, then went across to

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in 1961 and played in a losing grand final against

Cobram Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the a ...

. Lyon shared the 1961

Murray Football League The Murray Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria and southern New South Wales ...

O'Dwyer Medal with Cobram coach, Les Mogg. Lyon then returned to Eaglehawk in 1962, before heading to Hawthorn in 1963. Lyon came off the bench in the 1963 VFL Grand Final, which Hawthorn lost to Geelong. He could only break into the seniors three times the following year. A centreman, Lyon spent the next three seasons as playing coach of Devonport. He represented both the

North West Football Union The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football As ...

and Tasmanian representative teams, winning the Alstergen Trophy in 1967 for his performance with the former. Lyon later coached

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to the 1975

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premiership.

Personal life

Lyon's son, Garry, played at

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and is a current Australian rules football media personality.

References

* *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyon, Peter 1941 births Living people Hawthorn Football Club players Devonport Football Club players Devonport Football Club coaches Eaglehawk Football Club players Kyabram Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)