James Hird

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James Hird is a former Australian rules footballer and coach best known as a Brownlow Medal–winning champion of the Essendon Football Club and one of the AFL’s greatest players.

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instanceOf Australian Football League coach
Australian rules footballer
human
AFLDebutYear 1992
AllAustralianTeam selected multiple times
BrownlowMedal winner
BrownlowMedalYear 1996
captaincyEndYear 2005
captaincyStartYear 1998
captainOf Essendon Football Club NERFINISHED
children 3 (two sons and a daughter)
clubBestAndFairest Essendon Football Club NERFINISHED
coached Essendon Football Club NERFINISHED
coachingEndYear 2013
coachingStartYear 2011
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1973-02-04
draftPick 79
draftYear 1990
education Redden College (Canberra) (youth) NERFINISHED
familyName Hird NERFINISHED
fullName James Albert Hird NERFINISHED
givenName James
guernseyNumber 5
HallOfFame Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee
height 188 cm
jumperNumberRetiredBy Essendon Football Club NERFINISHED
knownFor being one of Essendon’s greatest players
being regarded as one of the AFL’s greatest players
versatile and courageous playing style
league Australian Football League NERFINISHED
NormSmithMedal winner
NormSmithMedalYear 2000
notableEvent involved in Essendon supplements saga as coach
placeOfBirth Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia NERFINISHED
playedFor Essendon Football Club NERFINISHED
positionPlayed half-forward
midfielder
premiershipPlayer Essendon 2000 NERFINISHED
recruitedFrom Ainslie Football Club NERFINISHED
residence Melbourne, Victoria, Australia NERFINISHED
retirementYearAsPlayer 2007
returnedAsCoachYear 2015
roleAfterPlaying media commentator
sport Australian rules football
spouse Tania Hird NERFINISHED
stateOfOriginTeam Victoria NERFINISHED

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