Ollie Lord


Ollie Lord is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. Standing at 197cm tall, he mostly plays as a key forward but can also play as a ruckman.

Early football

Lord is from Victoria and attended school at Geelong Grammar as a boarder. He played his junior football for the Caulfield Bears and later for the Sandringham Dragons in the NAB League. In 2019, he trained with as part of the NAB AFL Academy program. Lord grew up supporting, and his father Darren Lord was previously on Geelong's list for two years. He is the grandson of former Geelong Brownlow Medalist Alistair Lord, and the great-nephew of Geelong premiership player Stewart Lord. He was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with pick number 49 in the 2020 AFL draft.

AFL career

2023: Debut season

Lord spent his first two seasons at Port playing in the South Australian National Football League for their reserves team. He made his AFL debut in Round 6 of the 2023 AFL season, against the West Coast Eagles at the Adelaide Oval. Lord was an important player in Port Adelaide's four-point win over in Round 10, kicking two goals during the match, including a clutch last-quarter goal to help win the game.
Lord kicked a career-best four goals in Port Adelaide's qualifying final against the Brisbane Lions at The Gabba, and was subsequently named as one of the best players in the afl.com.au match report.

2024: Injury

Lord only managed six games for the 2024 AFL season due to injury.

Statistics

Updated to the end of Round 22, 2025.
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! 34 !! 33 !! 21 !! 115 !! 105 !! 220 !! 79 !! 45 !! 35 !! 1.0 !! 0.6 !! 3.4 !! 3.1 !! 6.5 !! 2.3 !! 1.3 !! 1.0