Doug Brown (Australian footballer)
| Doug Brown | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Douglas Ernest Fewster Brown | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 18 June 2012 (aged 88)[1] | ||
| Original team(s) | Geelong District | ||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1943 | Fitzroy | 13 (21) | |
| 1944–1950 | Geelong | 70 (108) | |
| Total | 83 (129) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Douglas Ernest Fewster Brown (30 August 1923 – 18 June 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Brown, who kicked three goals on his league debut, was a rover from Geelong District. He couldn't play with Geelong in 1943 as they weren't competing due to the war, so he instead spent the season with Fitzroy.[2][3] In 1944 Geelong returned to the league and he appeared in eight of the opening nine rounds of the season with them.[4] He missed the rest of the year and all of the 1945 season as he was serving as a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Australian Air Force.[5]
He proved a useful forward when resting in the forward pockets and contributed a career best 26 goals in 1947, from 15 games.[4] His final appearance for Geelong was in their 17-point preliminary final loss to North Melbourne in 1950.[4]
Having received a good offer from Tatura, Brown joined the Goulburn Valley Football League club as captain-coach in 1951.[6] Brown was the league's leading goal-kicker that year with 86 goals. He would then lead Tatura to back to back premierships in 1952 and 1953.
References
[edit]- ^ "Geelong mourns Doug Brown". Geelong Advertiser. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ "Doug Brown - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ a b c AFL Tables: Doug Brown
- ^ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
- ^ The Argus, "Brown Wants to Leave Geelong", 10 January 1951, p. 10