Bruce W. Brown (born 6 October 1951) is a 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 who played with
Melbourne and
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
From Essex Heights originally, Brown started his VFL career at Melbourne. He played six senior games for Melbourne in the
1971 VFL season
The 1971 VFL season was the 75th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 3 April until 25 September, and comprised a 22 ...
and performed well in the reserves, sharing a
Gardiner Medal with
Bob Heard
Robert "Bob" Heard (born 9 February 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.
Heard began his senior career in the Victorian Football Associa ...
of
Collingwood.
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He spent the 1972 season at Essendon, played for Port Melbourne in 1973 and two years later joined Brunswick.
He is the son of Alf Brown, a football journalist who is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coa ...
.
References
1951 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Melbourne Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
Port Melbourne Football Club players
Brunswick Football Club players
Living people
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