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Football career

Lyon 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] Melbourne High School redirects here. ... Kyabram is located in the centre of a rich irrigation district in the Goulburn River Valley, 200 kilometres north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in the Campaspe Shire. ... Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... Awarded to the Melbourne Football Club player judged best and fairest for the season. ...

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 injuries 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 223 AFL games and 423 goals, third best all-time for a Melbourne player. The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. ... The Footy Show is an Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates. ...

Media career

Lyon became a football commentator, 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. Lyon has recently been involved in a controversial episode, where a fellow commentator, Sam Newman, groped a lingerie-clad mannequin to which he had attached a picture of The Age's chief football writer Caroline Wilson. Lyon failed to condemn this conduct, and was subsequently heckled at the 2008 TV Week Logies Awards. The Footy Show is an Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates. ... James Antony Brayshaw (born May 11, 1967 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former state cricketer and now Australiantelevision and radio personality. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney. ... The Footy Show is an Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates. ... Any Given Sunday is an Australian television program that aired on the Nine Network in 2005. ... The 2006 Commonwealth Games will be held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Caroline Wilson (born 1960) is an Australian sports journalist. ...

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. He also helped write Specky and the Season of Champions with Felice Arena. 3AW is a radio station in Melbourne, Australia on 693KHz AM. It began transmission in February 1932 as Melbournes fifth commercial radio station. ... SEN 1116 (callsign 3AK), the acronym standing for Sports Entertainment Network, is a commercial AM radio station based in Melbourne, Australia, operating on 1116 kHz. ... Sports Today is a long-running radio show on Melbourne, Australia radio station 3AW. It currently airs on Monday to Thursday between 6pm-8pm and is hosted by Gerard Healy and Dwayne Russell. ... This article is about the radio station network. ... James Antony Brayshaw (born May 11, 1967 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former state cricketer and now Australiantelevision and radio personality. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Simon Specky Magee is a fictional character in a series of five books by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon. ... Felice Arena (b. ...

Coaching career

Lyon coached the Australian International Rules team to several tournaments against Ireland before coaching his last game in the October 2004 series. Lyon has three sons Benjamin, Thomas and Joshua. This is the premier representative team for Australian Football League players. ...

External links

• Elite Sports profile
• Gary Lyon on Stretcher Vision

References

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