Alex Browne (born 9 August 1992) is a former professional
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Essendon Football Club in the
Australian Football League (AFL). Browne played for the
Oakleigh Chargers
The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the southeastern suburban ...
in the
TAC Cup
The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vict ...
. He was drafted by Essendon with pick 48 in the
2010 national draft and made his debut against at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground in round 11 of the
2011 AFL season
The 2011 AFL season was the 115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.
The season featured sev ...
. He was delisted in October 2015.
His father,
Murray Browne, played for and in the 1980s and his mother was a
cheerleader for .
Browne, along with 33 other Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance-enhancing substance,
thymosin beta-4
Thymosin beta-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''TMSB4X'' gene. Recommended INN (International Nonproprietary Name) for thymosin beta-4 is 'timbetasin', as published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The protein consists (in ...
, as part of
Essendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his teammates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal, but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by the
World Anti-Doping Agency
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA; french: Agence mondiale antidopage, AMA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee based in Canada to promote, coordinate, and monitor the fight against drugs in sports. The agency's key ...
. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension.
Browne had signed for the
Northern Blues
The Preston Football Club, which trades and plays as the Northern Bullants, is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston that plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It plays its home games at the Preston City O ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
for the 2016 season before his suspension ended his 2016 season. He will join the club in 2017.
Statistics
:
Alex Browne's player profile at AFL Tables
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References
External links
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Essendon Football Club players
1992 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Oakleigh Chargers players
Australian sportspeople in doping cases
Bendigo Football Club players