Greg Brown (born 26 February 1943) 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
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
VFL during the 1960s.
Brown was recruited to Essendon locally and he made his debut for the seniors in 1963. He played as a defender, usually at full-back and it was at that position that he was a member of Essendon's 1965 premiership side. After a good season in 1967 where he finished second in his club's Best and fairest, injuries got the better of him and by 1969 he was playing most of his football in the reserves. He finished runner up in another award, the
Gardiner Medal
The Gardiner Medal was an Australian rules football award, formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Reserves competition.
Officially named the Seconds prior to 1959 and the Reserves from 1959 onwards, the competition ran from 1 ...
, that year and retired from the VFL at the end of the season to finish his career at the
Waverley Football Club
The Waverley Football Club, nicknamed the Panthers, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley.
The club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1961 until 1987. They became the Wave ...
.
After retirement he still remained involved in football as both a commentator and Essendon administrator.
See also
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1965–66 Victorian district cricket final
The 1965–66 Victorian district cricket final was a cricket match played over four days from 2 April to 16 April 1966, between the Essendon Cricket Club and the Northcote Cricket Club at the Albert Cricket Ground in Melbourne. The match was stage ...
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1943 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club premiership players
Waverley Football Club players
VFL/AFL premiership players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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