Alan Ezard

Australian rules footballer, born 1963

Australian rules footballer
Alan Ezard
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 State and international statistics correct as of 1991.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alan Ezard (born 15 April 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL. Nicknamed 'The Lizard', he played 184 games for 200 goals, retiring in 1993.

Originally from Broadford, Victoria, Ezard made his debut with the Essendon Football Club in 1983 and made a name for himself as a very strong mark for a 173 cm man, playing mostly in the forward pocket or as a rover. He played numerous State of Origin games for Victoria, winning an EJ 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 four Grand Finals (1983, 1984, 1985, 1990), the second and third of which were premiership wins.[1]

Ezard has a nephew, James, who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the mid-2000s and won the SANFL's highest individual honour in 2009, the Magarey Medal playing for West Adelaide.

In 2007 Ezard was the senior coach of the Pascoe Vale Football Club in the Essendon District Football League. Ezard coached Hoppers Crossing Football Club in the Western Region Football League in season 2010 and has been appointed senior coach of Hillside Football Club for season 2012. Ezard was appointed senior coach of the La Trobe University Football Club in 2015.

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 189. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

External links

  • Alan Ezard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Essendon Football Club profile
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Essendon Football Club 1984/85 VFL premiers
1984: Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated Hawthorn 12.9 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1985: Essendon 26.14 (170) defeated Hawthorn 13.8 (92), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Sheedy
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Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners
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Essendon Football Club · leading goalkickers
VFL/AFL
AFL Women's
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E. J. Whitten Medal winners
  • 1985: Roos (v WA)
  • 1986: Weightman (v WA)/Walsh (v SA)
  • 1987: G.Williams (v WA)/Langford (v SA)
  • 1988: Roos (Carnival)/Healy (v WA)
  • 1989: G.Brown (v SA)/Dunstall (v WA)
  • 1990: S.Madden (v WA)/Weightman (v NSW)
  • 1991: Mitchell (v WA)/Ezard (v SA)
  • 1992: Loewe (v WA)/R.Harvey (v SA)
  • 1993: Langford (v NSW/ACT)/R.Harvey (v SA)
  • 1994: Calthorpe (v SA)
  • 1995: Lockett (v SA)
  • 1996: R.Harvey (v Allies)
  • 1997: G.Brown (v SA)
  • 1998: R.Smith (v Allies)
  • 1999: B.Harvey (v SA)
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Victorian team – 1990 State of Origin
New South Wales 13.8 (86) defeated Victoria 10.16 (76), at the SCG, 22 May 1990
Victoria 14.13 (97) defeated Western Australia 8.12 (60), at the WACA Ground, 26 June 1990
Both games
vs. New South Wales
vs. Western Australia
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Victorian team – 1991 State of Origin
Victoria 12.14 (86) defeated South Australia 11.4 (70), at Football Park, 28 May 1991
Western Australia 19.13 (127) defeated Victoria 7.9 (51), at the WACA Ground, 16 July 1991
Both games
vs. South Australia
vs. Western Australia
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