Robert Pyman is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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, Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 and Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the 1990s.

North Melbourne

A Woodville-West Torrens

Woodville-West Torrens Football Club

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 'best and fairest' winner in 1992, Pyman was secured by North Melbourne with pick six of that year's draft

1992 AFL Draft

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, which they received after trading Paul Spargo

Paul Spargo

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 to Brisbane. He took part in the 1993 AFL finals series but only managed five appearances over the next two seasons and instead spent the majority of his time in the reserves.

Collingwood and Melbourne

In 1996 he crossed to Collingwood but again struggled to play senior football. Pyman's final port of call was Melbourne and for the first time in his career he was a regular in the AFL, playing 19 of a possible 22 games. He received the only Brownlow votes of his career in the same season when he was adjudged 'best on ground' in a loss to Sydney

Sydney Swans

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 at the SCG, for getting 18 kicks and eight handballs.

Coaching

Pyman resumed at Woodville-West Torrens in 1998 and topped their goal-kicking with 33 goals. He then turned to coaching and was an assistant to Dean Laidley

Dean Laidley

Dean Laidley is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League from 1987 to 1997, including in North Melbourne's 1996 premiership side. He served as coach of North Melbourne from 2003 to 2009...

 at North Melbourne before becoming South Adelaide

South Adelaide Football Club

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's coach in 2004. Pyman steered the SANFL

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 club to fourth position in his third year but after a string of poor performances was sacked and replaced by former Geelong player Gary Cameron late in the 2007 season. He has since lodged a civil claim against South Adelaide for unfair dismissal.