Brett Charles Voss (born 22 February 1978) is a former

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 with the

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the ...

and the

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fro ...

Early life

Voss was born in Queensland and raised in

Beenleigh Beenleigh is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Beenleigh had a population of 8,425 people. A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenle ...

in Logan City, Brisbane where he was schooled at Trinity College, Beenleigh, the younger brother of

Michael Voss Michael Voss (born 7 July 1975) is a former professional Australian rules football player with the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions, and current senior coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Voss was a tr ...

and the cousin of another AFL Beenleigh local

Tony Lynn Tony Lynn (born 29 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears and Carlton in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A Queenslander, Lynn was raised in Beenleigh (Logan City) in Brisb ...

. He played both junior and senior football with the Morningside club. He was drafted by the

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as a zone selection in 1995.

AFL career

Voss played in St Kilda’s 2004 AFL Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side – St Kilda Football Club’s 2nd AFL Cup Win. After some deliberation at the end of the season, and after consultation with coach

Ross Lyon Ross Lyon (born 8 November 1966) is a former Australian rules football player and the current senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously coached St Kilda from 2007 to 2011 and the Fremantle ...

, 29-year-old Voss announced his retirement on 18 September 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voss, Brett 1978 births Living people Brisbane Lions players St Kilda Football Club players Morningside Australian Football Club players Old Haileyburians Amateur Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Brisbane