Brian Royal (born 12 December 1961) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played for the
Footscray Football Club
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition.
Founded in 1877 as the Footscray Football Club, and based in West Footscray in the ...
(Western Bulldogs) in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
(AFL).
In his first year for the Bulldogs, Royal won the
Charles Sutton Medal
The Charles Sutton Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged best and fairest for the Western Bulldogs throughout the Victorian Football League/ Australian Football League season. The medal is named a ...
, the Club's Best and Fairest award and went on to have an extremely distinguished career. Royal represented his state on seven occasions and was an All-Australian representative. His career came to an abrupt end on 199 games and 299 goals due to a ruptured
Achilles tendon
The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus (h ...
against late in the 1993 season.
Royal went on to enjoy a long career in coaching at AFL level, as a highly regarded assistant coach at several clubs, including , , and the Western Bulldogs – the last two with
Terry Wallace
Terry Wallace (born 13 December 1958) is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.
As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships. After one season with ...
as senior coach.
Wallace wields the axe at Richmond
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Royal is now coaching in the Victorian Amateur Football Association
The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4.
In addition there ...
(VAFA), for the Beaumaris Football Club
The Beaumaris Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club participates in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).
History
Late in 1962 a meeting was held in Beaumaris RSL ...
.
References
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1961 births
Living people
All-Australians (1953–1988)
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Charles Sutton Medal winners
People from Bairnsdale
Victorian State of Origin players
Western Bulldogs players
Bairnsdale Football Club players
Australia international rules football team players