Todd George Breman (born 28 October 1965 in

Subiaco, Western Australia Subiaco (known colloquially as Subi) is an inner- western suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is approximately west of Perth's central business district, in the City of Subiaco local government area. Historically a working-c ...

) is a former

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and Australian rules footballer.

Cricket career

Breman debuted for

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during the 1985–1986 season as a

medium pace Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known as ''fast'' bowlers, ''quicks'', or ''pacemen''. T ...

bowler. He played 10 first-class matches and five

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matches over three seasons. He had played cricket in the summer and football in the winter with the

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, before pursuing a full-time career in Australian rules football in the

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(now AFL).

Football career

After playing with the

in the WAFL and leading their goalscoring in 1987 and 1988, Breman was drafted in the 1988 VFL Draft to the

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. Debuting with the club in 1989, he played two seasons in the

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before being cut. After a year out of the AFL he was selected by the Richmond Football Club in 1992 before his AFL career ended after the 1993 season. Breman was widely regarded as one of the longest kickers of an Australian rules football to have played the game. In 1991, Kevin Sheedy described him as the best footballer outside of the AFL.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Breman, Todd 1965 births Living people Australian cricketers Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Richmond Football Club players Subiaco Football Club players West Coast Eagles players Western Australia cricketers Western Australian State of Origin players