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Gerard Healy
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | 1 March 1961, |
| Recruited from | Edithvale-Aspendale
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| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | 1979, Melbourne vs. [[]], at [[]] |
| Team(s) | Melbourne (1979-1984)
121 games, 188 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
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Gerard Healy, (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.
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Beginning his career with the Melbourne Football Club in 1979, Healy played mostly in a forward pocket role in attack before switching to an on-baller/midfielder role and establishing himself as one of the premier ball winners in the competition. He won Melbourne's Best and Fairest award in 1984 in his last season with the Demons.
He left the Demons in 1984, after playing 121 games, moving to the Sydney Swans at the beginning of the 1985 season. He immediately made an impact at the Swans, winning Best and Fairests in his first three years with the team - 1986, 1987, 1988. He also took home the Brownlow Medal in 1988 as the VFL's Best and Fairest player, and was also named the VFL Players Association MVP in the same year. He retired from Sydney in 1991. He was renowned as one of Sydney's greats, being named in their Team of the Century. Collingwood picked up Healy in the 1991 Pre-Season Draft, but Healy never played a game as he was retired.
In 2000 Healy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
After retiring, Healy became an Australian rules football commentator, first with the Seven Network on their AFL coverage. He has also been a long-time special comments man on 3AW in their AFL coverage, as well as hosting Sports Today. He gave a heartfelt farewell message on the show to his co-host David Hookes after his passing in 2004.
He is still at 3AW and now co-hosts "Sports Today" with Dwayne Russell.
He worked for Fox Footy until it's closure in 2006 as a game analyst and host of "On the Couch."
His audio commentary also has also been sampled for computer games such as AFL Live 2004 along with Dennis Commetti
| Preceded by Tony Lockett, John Platten |
Brownlow Medallist 1988 |
Succeeded by Paul Couch |
| Preceded by Tony Lockett |
Leigh Matthews Trophy 1988 |
Succeeded by Tim Watson |
| Preceded by Alan Johnson |
Melbourne Best and Fairest 1984 |
Succeeded by Danny Hughes |
| Preceded by Stephen Wright |
Sydney Best and Fairest 1986-1988 |
Succeeded by Mark Bayes |
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