Noel Lovell

Noel Lovell
Personal information
Full name	Noel Lovell
Date of birth	26 September 1961 (1961-09-26) (age 50)
Original team	Preston RSL
Height/Weight	178 cm / 76 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981-1984 1985-1986 Total -	Collingwood Richmond	16 (6) 4 (0) 20 (6)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1986 season .

Noel Lovell (born 26 September 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.

Lovell made his league debut in Collingwood's 1981 Preliminary Final win, coming off the interchange bench when Ross Brewer injured his ankle.^[1] This made him the first VFL player from any club since Len Thompson in 1965 to make his debut in a preliminary final. Recruited from Preston RSL, Lovell was again playing off the interchange bench in the 1981 VFL Grand Final and experienced his first loss.^[2][3]

He played the first seven rounds in 1982 but struggled to get a game over the next two seasons and finished his career with a stint at Richmond.

References

1. ^ The Age, "Brewer is unlikely", 21 September 1981, p. 32
2. ^ "Noel Lovell". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/N/Noel_Lovell.html. 
3. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 

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Name	Lovell, Noel
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Date of birth	26 September 1961
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