Nigel Lappin (born 21 June 1976) is an Australian Rules footballer. Jump to: navigation, search June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Australian Football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ...

Lappin was born in Corowa, New South Wales, but grew up in Chiltern, Victoria and was drafted to play for the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League in 1993, playing his first AFL game the following year. In 1997 he was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team following the Bears' merger with Fitzroy. Corowa (35°59′ S 146°23′ E) is a town in the state of New South Wales in Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Brisbane Bears Football Club was the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League. ... Jump to: navigation, search This is a page about the national league in Australian Rules Football. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club (the trading name for the Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club) are an Australian Football League club, formed from the post-1996 merger of the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy, the Lions. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ...

A long, accurate kick, who is capable of running as a play maker throughout the whole match, and is recognised as a member of the group of players known as the "Fab Five", a group of highly skilled midfield players considered to be one of the major driving forces behind the Lions successive Australian Football League premierships in 2001, 2002 and 2003. an example of his courage was the 2003 grand final win, in which he played the whole match with a broken rib, In 2004 he achieved a personal milestone in winning his first Merrett-Murray Medal. He may have won the Brownlow Medal that year but for a bad run with injury. At the height of their fame, Duran Duran (The Fab Five) were featured on the cover of the February 1984 issue of Rolling Stone magazine. ... In association football a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Since 1997, the Merrett-Murray Medal has been awarded annually to the player adjuged the Brisbane Lions Club Champion over the immediately preceding AFL season. ...

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