| Ian Stewart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ian Harlow Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Queenstown, Tasmania | ||
| Original team(s) | Macalburn (SSOBFA) | ||
| Debut | 20 April 1963, St Kilda vs. Melbourne, at Junction Oval | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1962 | Hobart | 13 (?) | |
| 1963–1970 | St Kilda | 127 (25) | |
| 1971–1975 | Richmond | 78 (55) | |
| Total | 218 (80) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | ? (?) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1976–1977 | South Melbourne | 45 (22–22–1) | |
| 1978 | Carlton | 3 (1–2–0) | |
| 1979–1981 | South Melbourne | 66 (27–39–0) | |
| Total | 114 (50–63–1) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1975. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ian Harlow Stewart (né Cervi; born 14 July 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St. Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He later coached South Melbourne and Carlton before returning to St. Kilda to serve as general manager.
Stewart is one of only four men to win the Brownlow Medal three times (the others being Haydn Bunton Sr., Dick Reynolds, and Bob Skilton), and the only one to do so at two different clubs; he is also the most recent player to have achieved three Brownlow Medals. He was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and was elevated to Legend status the following year.
He will always be remembered as one of the truly great exponents of Australian football, a player with the rare blend of skill, concentration and courage who formed partnerships with two of the greatest forwards the game has produced, Darrel Baldock and Royce Hart. Coincidentally, all three men hailed from Tasmania during a period when the country's smallest state contributed some unforgettable talent to the national game.