Gerard Healy

Gerard Healy (born 1 March 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator. He began his career with Melbourne in 1979, played 130 games there and won the club best and fairest in 1984, then moved to the Sydney Swans for 1986 and won the club best and fairest in each of his first three seasons. In 1988 he won the Brownlow Medal, the VFL Players Association most valuable player award and the Simpson Medal, and a serious wrist injury later forced his retirement. He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 and became a long-time AFL commentator on television and radio, working for Seven, Nine and Fox Footy and on 3AW.