Ross Lyon is a former Australian rules football player and the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously coached St Kilda from 2007 to 2011 and the Fremantle Football Club from 2012 to 2019. He played for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears from 1985 to 1995.
Lyon in March 2016
Lyon (left) with St Kilda assistant coaches Stephen Silvagni and Tony Elshaug
Lyon addresses the Saints team at training prior to the 2009 AFL Grand Final
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
St Kilda squad for the 1913 grand final
The 1928 team
Players training in front of the G. G. Huggins Stand (demolished in 2017) before the 2009 AFL Grand Final
Docklands Stadium – St Kilda's home ground