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Hird remained his parents ' only child for close to three years until Amilia was born and Katherine two years later.
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Eventually Hird remained with the team.
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After traditional treatment for the injury, Hird returned for the start of the 1999 season, but broke down with the same injury again in only his second return game.
Although many of these guest appearances would last for only one episode, some led to a permanent role on the show, as in the cases of Gordon Wharmby, Thora Hird, Jean Alexander, Stephen Lewis, Dora Bryan, Keith Clifford, Brian Murphy, Josephine Tewson, June Whitfield, Barbara Young, and Trevor Bannister.
Hird and child
An active yet shy child, Hird took ballet and piano lessons as a child, as his mother wanted him to be well-rounded.
Being the smallest child in his Year Seven class, Hird often got knocked around playing league — the more physical of the three sports.
Hird and for
With the Bombers looking towards a new era, it was announced on 27 September that Matthew Lloyd would replace James Hird as Essendon captain for the 2006 season, marking the end of Hird's reign since he took over the captaincy in 1998.
Hird was temporarily appointed captain for the two matches which followed Lloyd's season-ending injury, before David Hille assumed the role from round 6 onwards.
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The house was within a kilometre of a creek, and Hird and his friends would often ride their bikes to the creek to fish or hunt for yabbies.
In his first season, 1991, Hird sat on the sidelines for most of the season with constant injuries hampering him.
In 1994, Hird won the first of three consecutive best and fairests, culminating in his 1996 season, where he was jointly awarded the Brownlow Medal for the League's fairest and best player with Brisbane Bears midfielder Michael Voss.
One of the most feared injuries for a running athlete, Hird was first struck with a stress fracture of his navicular bone early in the 1998 season.
2000 was a much better and successful year for Hird.
The following season's Grand Final was a disappointment for Hird.
2002 then saw Hird's worst injury, an horrific facial injury sustained in a match against when he collided with teammate Mark McVeigh's knee, breaking or fracturing all but a couple of the bones in his skull ; Hird was in hospital for a week and missed several weeks of the season.
Hird was unable to fly home to Melbourne due to the air pressure fluctuations found in an aircraft during flight creating concern for his health while the injuries healed.
Hird accepted his sanction and expressed remorse for his actions.
With the scores level at 131 and very little time remaining, the ball was bounced in Essendon's forward pocket, tapped to the boundary line side, roved, and neatly handpassed by Marc Bullen to a goalward-running Hird, who, approximately thirty metres from goal, snapped from an acute angle for the game-winning goal.
Controversially, Hird did not receive any Brownlow Medal votes from the umpires for his 34 disposals ; the media speculation was that the umpires deliberately snubbed him because of his earlier comments.
After Lloyd sustained a season-ending injury in Round 3 of 2006, Hird served briefly as acting captain until young ruckman David Hille was named captain for the remainder of the 2006 season.
As Hird and Sheedy left the field for the last time, the crowd gave them a standing ovation.
A rumour emerged following these comments suggesting that Hird was part of an unofficial agreement with the Essendon board to replace Matthew Knights for the 2011 AFL Season.
Hird stated that he was ruling himself out of coaching Essendon for at least three years.
Despite this, 2011 was otherwise a season of improvement for Essendon and Hird will hope to take the Bombers one step further in season 2012.
Hird and three
Hird was eventually named as the number three player on the all-time list of Essendon players.
Hird married Tania Poynton on 11 October 1997 and they have four children – a daughter, Stephanie ( born April 1999 ) and three sons, Thomas ( born March 2001 ), Alexander ( born August 2003 ) and William ( born February 2009 ).
Hird and years
Three years later, James Hird was jointly awarded the medal with Michael Voss of Brisbane.
While focusing on hymns, in recent years the shows have become more diverse in its content, typically with a different theme for each show, including special programmes for days such as Remembrance Sunday and celebrating the lives of famous British Christians, including the late Dame Thora Hird and Sir Harry Secombe.
This was also the last game of Essendon legend James Hird and coach of 27 years, Kevin Sheedy.
Hird and until
The Footy Show airs on Thursday evenings, and the AFL Commission was not meeting until the following week ; as such, Hird was given clearance, pending the hearing, to play in the following game against the West Coast Eagles ( see Memorable Games ).
Up until three-quarter time, Hird had 19 disposals and one goal ; in the final quarter, he managed 15 disposals and two goals, the latter of which was most memorable.
Hird and was
Following the retirement of Tim Watson and Simon Madden in the early 1990s, the team was built on new players such as Gavin Wanganeen, Joe Misiti, Mark Mercuri, Michael Long, Dustin Fletcher ( son of Ken ) and James Hird, who was taken at # 79 in the 1992 draft.
On 28 September 2010, former Essendon player James Hird was named as Essendon's new coach from 2011 on a four-year deal.
Nicknamed " The General ", Hird played as a midfielder and half forward, but was often given free rein by former Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy to play wherever he thought necessary.
The son of Allan and Margaret Hird, James Hird was born in Canberra on 4 February 1973.
When Hird was in high school, he moved to the suburb of Reid, and lived near four large sporting ovals.
In that season he was a member of what was referred to as the " Baby Bombers ", a group of young players ( most notably including Hird, Mark Mercuri, Gavin Wanganeen, Dustin Fletcher, Ricky Olarenshaw, David Calthorpe, Paul Hills and Joe Misiti ) that played a key role in the side winning the premiership that year.
It was, according to Hird, the first time he'd ever come under media scrutiny and he was unsure how to deal with it.
Hird and born
James Hird ( born 4 February 1973 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.
* Frederick Hird, shooter in the 1912 Olympics, was born in New Diggings.
Hird and two
Hird played two farewell games: his final game in Victoria at the M. C. G.
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