Robert Pyman
Personal information
Full name	Robert Pyman
Date of birth	October 6, 1971
Recruited from	Woodville-West Torrens
Height/Weight	180 cm / 79 kg
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1993-95 1996 1997 Total -	North Melbourne Collingwood Melbourne	16 (8) 5 (1) 19 (8) 40 (17)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1997 season .

Robert Pyman (born October 6, 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne, Collingwood and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.

A Woodville-West Torrens 'best and fairest' winner in 1992, Pyman was secured by North Melbourne with pick six that year's draft, which they received after trading Paul Spargo to Brisbane. He took part in the 1993 AFL finals series but only managed five appearances over the next two seasons and instead spent the majority of his time in the reserves.

In 1996 he crossed to Collingwood but again struggled to play senior football. Pyman's final port of call was Melbourne and for the first time in his career he was a regular in the AFL, playing 19 of a possible 22 games. He received the only Brownlow votes of his career in the same season when he was adjudged 'best on ground' in a loss to Sydney at the SCG, for getting 18 kicks and eight handballs.

Pyman resumed at Woodville-West Torrens in 1998 and topped their goal-kicking with 33 goals. He then turned to coaching and was an assistant to Dean Laidley at North Melbourne before becoming South Adelaide's coach in 2004. Pyman steered the SANFL club to fourth position in his second year but after a string of poor performances was sacked and replaced by Gary Cameron late in the 2007 season. He has since lodged a civil claim against South Adelaide for unfair dismissal.

[edit] References

• Robert Pyman's statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.