Dave Brown was a pioneer of rugby league football in Australia. He played in the opening 2 seasons of the new sport for

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. A centre, Brown made 14 appearances for the East's club during the 1908 and 1909 seasons, including the NSWRL's

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and first premiership decider. He played one match in 1910 before retiring. In the 1909, season Brown represented

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in a match against a touring New Zealand

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side that season Brown also appeared in several non-sanctioned matches between a rugby league's side known as the 'Kangaroos' and a rugby union side known as 'Wallabies'. Like so many rugby league players of that time Brown was a rugby union footballer, in 1907 he took part in the rebel series against the New Zealand ' All Golds' that helped to launch rugby league in Australia. In its appreciation, the NSWRL awarded Brown life membership in 1914. David Brown is recognised as the Eastern Suburbs club's 3rd player.

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