Brett Bewley (born 14 April 1995) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

in the

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(AFL). He was the 59th overall draft pick in the 2018 AFL draft from Williamstown in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). He played junior football for the Western Jets in the

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and Darley Football Club in the

Ballarat Football League The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria (state), Victoria. The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat F ...

. Bewley played 70 games and kicked 31 goals for the VFL Seagulls from 2014–18, where he was runner-up in the Club best and fairest award in 2018 and played in the Seconds premiership in 2014. He was named in the VFL Team-of-the-Year in 2017 and 2018. He made his debut in Round 10 of the

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, against

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at Optus Stadium, after playing well for Fremantle's reserves team,

Peel Thunder The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...

in the

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(WAFL). In August 2021 Bewley was informed that he would not be offered a contract extension for 2022. Brett is now back dominating local football playing with his junior club Darley in the Ballarat Football League.

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* * * * 1995 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Williamstown Football Club players Western Jets players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 21st-century Australian sportsmen People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub