{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{more footnotes|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{For|the author|Peter Lyon (author)}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Peter Lyon | image = | fullname = Peter Lyon | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|12|28|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Eaglehawk, Deniliquin | height = 183 cm | weight = 76 kg | position = Centreman | statsend = 1964 | years1 = 1963–1964 | club1 = Hawthorn | games_goals1 = 16 (0) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Peter Lyon''' (born 28 December 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
==Career == Lyon played with Eaglehawk originally, then went across to Deniliquin in 1961 and played in a losing grand final against Cobram. Lyon shared the 1961 Murray Football League O'Dwyer Medal with Cobram coach, Les Mogg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Lyon returns to Deniliquin |url=https://www.kyfreepress.com.au/2019/07/10/675563/james-soars-to-new-heights?amp=1 |website=Kyabram Free Press |publisher=Kyabram Free Press Newspaper |access-date=14 May 2020 |ref=10th July, 2019.}}</ref> Lyon then returned to Eaglehawk in 1962, before heading to Hawthorn in 1963.
Lyon came off the bench in the 1963 VFL Grand Final, which Hawthorn lost to Geelong. He could only break into the seniors three times the following year.
A centreman, Lyon spent the next three seasons as playing coach of Devonport. He represented both the North West Football Union and Tasmanian representative teams, winning the Alstergen Trophy in 1967 for his performance with the former.
Lyon later coached Kyabram to the 1975 Goulburn Valley Football League premiership.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lyon's share of flag glory |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20160909/282011851808350 |website=Shepparton News |publisher=Greg McTaggert |access-date=14 May 2020 |ref=9th September, 2016.}}</ref>
==Personal life == Lyon's son, Garry, played at Melbourne and is a current Australian rules football media personality.
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{AFL Tables | P/Peter_Lyon }} *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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