Don Pyke

Don Pyke

Australian rules footballer, born 1968

57 years oldSagittariusAustralia

Biography

Donald Lachlan Pyke (born 5 December 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who is the CEO of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Pyke was the first American-born player in the AFL, playing for West Coast from 1989 to 1996. He would later serve as senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club from 2016 to 2019.

Pyke was recruited by the Claremont Football Club for the 1987 WAFL season, playing in a premiership in his first season and winning the club's best and fairest award in his second season. This led to his recruitment by West Coast, who selected him prior to the 1988 National Draft. Pyke spent eight seasons at the club, playing in premiership sides in both 1992 and 1994, and sharing the Club Champion Award with Glen Jakovich in 1993.

After retiring from playing, Pyke was the senior coach of Claremont from 1999 to 2000. He served as an assistant coach at Adelaide in 2005 and 2006, and later rejoined West Coast as a strategy coach at the end of the 2013 AFL season, under Adam Simpson. He was appointed senior coach of Adelaide in October 2015, replacing Phil Walsh. He coached the team to the 2017 AFL Grand Final, in which they were defeated by Richmond.

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Career highlights

Teams

  • West Coast Eagles
  • Claremont Football Club

Family

Parents
Frank Pyke
Siblings
James Pyke

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Don Pyke is 57 years old (born December 5, 1968).
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Don Pyke was born on December 5, 1968.
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Don Pyke was born in Bloomington.
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Don Pyke's zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
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Don Pyke is a citizen of Australia.
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