Garry Lyon
Garry Lyon in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Garry Lyon
Date of birth	13 September 1967 (1967-09-13) (age 42)
Place of birth	Devonport, Tasmania
Recruited from	Kyabram, Victoria
Height/Weight	193cm / 96kg
Position(s)	Centre-Half-Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	Retired
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1986-1999	Melbourne	226 (426)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1999 season .

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Garry Peter Lyon (born 13 September 1967 in Devonport, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules footballer and was captain of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is now a media personality, featuring on television, radio and in newspapers mainly in association with football.

[edit] 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 Melbourne Football Club 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 alleged back injuries and his presence on the field despite such alleged adversity saw him as an inspiration to teammates. ^[1]

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

[edit] Media career

Appearing on The AFL Footy Show late in his playing career as a panellist. Lyon, alongside James Brayshaw took the hosting reins of the program in 2006 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.

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

[edit] External links

• Elite Sports profile
• Gary Lyon on Stretcher Vision

[edit] References

1. ^ Holmesby, R. and Main, J. (2005). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. ISBN 1-86350-243-2