| Alan Ezard | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Nickname(s) | Alan Ezard | ||
| Date of birth | (1963-04-15)15 April 1963 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Broadford, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Broadford/Coburg | ||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward pocket, rover | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1983–1993 | Essendon | 184 (200) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1985–1991 | Victoria | 3 (?) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 1991. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alan Ezard (born 15 April 1963) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played in theVFL/AFL. Nicknamed 'The Lizard', he played 184 games for 200 goals, retiring in 1993.
Originally fromBroadford, Victoria, Ezard made his debut with theEssendon Football Club in 1983 and made a name for himself as a very strong mark for a 173 cm man, playing mostly in theforward pocket or as arover. He played numerousState of Origin games for Victoria, winning anEJ Whitten Medal in the 1991 match against South Australia. Ezard was Essendon's leading goalkicker in 1986 and won the club's best and fairest in 1991. He also played in fourGrand Finals (1983, 1984, 1985, 1990), the second and third of which werepremiership wins.[1]
Ezard has a nephew,James, who played for thePort Adelaide Football Club in the mid-2000s and won theSANFL's highest individual honour in 2009, theMagarey Medal playing forWest Adelaide.
In 2007 Ezard was the senior coach of thePascoe Vale Football Club in theEssendon District Football League. Ezard coached Hoppers Crossing Football Club in theWestern Region Football League in season 2010 and has been appointed senior coach ofHillside Football Club for season 2012. Ezard was appointed senior coach of the La Trobe University Football Club in 2015.
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