Tyson Lane, Date of Birth

    

Tyson Lane

Australian rules footballer

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1976

Profession: Australian rules footballer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Tyson Lane

  • Tyson Lane (born 25 August 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Lane, who was originally from Melton, started well at Footscray with a 1995 AFL Rising Star nomination on debut, in the opening round of the season.
  • He would also receive Brownlow Medal votes for two of his first four games, including for a five-goal haul in a win over Collingwood.
  • He managed just 10 senior games from 1996 to 1998 but played in a reserves premiership in the last of those years.At the end of the 1998 season he asked to be traded and was swapped to Collingwood for Josh Mahoney.
  • He missed just two games in the 1999 AFL season, kicked 22 goals and averaged 16.95 disposals.A half forward and on-baller, he struggled for AFL games in the next two seasons and in 2003 joined the North Cairns Football Club as an assistant coach.
  • He continued to play and in 2004 won the league's "Best and Fairest" award known as the Crathern Medal.
  • The year however ended badly when he was involved in the now infamous grand final brawl with Port Douglas.
  • Lane continued on at North Cairns in 2005 and the following season had a one-year stint as a coach at Manunda.
  • In 2007 he was an assistant coach with WAFL club Swan Districts and also made two appearances on the field.
  • He then coached Hastings in 2008 and 2009 before being appointed coach of Knox in 2010.
  • In 2011, Lane returned to Cairns, becoming senior coach of Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs.

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