Tyson Lane is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

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 and Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Lane, who was originally from Melton, started well at Footscray with a 1995 AFL Rising Star

1995 AFL Rising Star

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 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

Josh Mahoney

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. 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

AFL Cairns

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. The year however ended badly when he was involved in the now infamous grand final brawl with Port Douglas

Port Douglas AFC

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. 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

West Australian Football League

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 club Swan Districts

Swan Districts Football Club

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 and also made two appearances on the field. He then coached Hastings

Hastings Football Club

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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.