Brian Cosmas Sierakowski (born 1 November 1945) is a lawyer and 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er.

Family

His son,

David Sierakowski David Sierakowski (born 29 December 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited to the Saints in the 1992 AFL Draft under the father-son rule. He spent the whole of 1993 season in the res ...

, also played for St Kilda and the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

in the AFL and his nephew, Will Sierakowski, played for Hawthorn &

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

Football

He played as a ruckman and defender for the

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club ...

playing 75 games and kicking two goals from 1964 to 1968. He played in the 1966 premiership side and was named as one of the best players in the

Grand Final Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Sy ...

. Later, he played for Subiaco and represented

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. He has contributed 40 years of honorary service to the Western Australian Football Commission is his role as arbitrator, appeals tribunal member and Chairman of Community football.

Shark attack

He survived a shark attack in 1997 off Cottesloe. His damaged surf ski 'Extract of Poland' adorns the ceiling of the well-known Cicerello's Fish 'n' Chips in Fremantle.

References

External links

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Brian Cosmas Sierakowski, at WAFL Footy Facts''.

1966 Grand Final page at Australian Football

Shark attack
1945 births Australian people of Polish descent People educated at Xavier College Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Living people St Kilda Football Club players St Kilda Football Club premiership players Subiaco Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub