Ross Brewer (born 14 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with

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and Richmond in the

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(VFL). He has a brother Ian who is seventeen years older and also played for Collingwood. A strong marking forward, Brewer started his career at Melbourne and topped their goalkicking in 1973, 1974 and 1977. He joined Collingwood in 1979, playing in their losing

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side that year and again in 1981. In 1982 and 1983 he played with Richmond before leaving the VFL. He finished his career in the

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, playing a season at Sandringham which yielded 94 goals, and later playing at Waverley.

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1953 births Living people Melbourne Football Club players Collingwood Football Club players Richmond Football Club players Sandringham Football Club players Waverley Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub