Leigh Tudor was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 and Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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 football clubs and is currently an assistant coach

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 for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

AFL career

Tudor was used mostly as a half forward during his career, which started at North Melbourne in 1989. He played only eight games in four years with North Melbourne and was traded to Geelong in the 1992 AFL Draft

1992 AFL Draft

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.

A regular in the Geelong team, Tudor played in back to back grand finals in 1994 and 1995 but finished on the losing side on both occasions. In a game against Richmond at the MCG in the 1995 season he kicked a career best five goals.

Tudor coached Geelong to the Victorian Football League (VFL)

Victorian Football League

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premiership in 2007. In 2010 Tudor became an assistant coach at AFL club St Kilda.

Further reading

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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