Gavin Brown (born 25 September 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. Since retiring as a player he has been an assistant coach with Collingwood, Carlton and joined

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at the end of the 2013 season. He is currently serving as a development coach at North Melbourne. Brown was a hardworking and versatile player for the Magpies throughout his career. He was also able to play as a key forward and / or a defender. A former Marcellin College student, he was part of their 1st XVIII to win both the 1984 Associated Grammar Schools premiership as well as the coveted Herald Shield Cup which was captained by Carlton champion Stephen Silvagni.

Early life and playing career

Brown was recruited into

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from Templestowe where he contributed to the side for over a decade. Brown was part of the Magpies under-19 premiership side in 1986 with

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and

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, who all made their debuts with the senior side in 1987. Brown quickly showed his true value as a tough and courageous footballer, and a great man off the field. He earned the nickname "Rowdy" because of his quiet demeanour off the field. Brown started well in his career, earning his first Victorian guernsey in State of Origin football in his debut season. In 1989, Brown turned into a great young footballer, winning the

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, awarded to the club's best and fairest player, after finishing third the year before. In the same year, he made an impact against

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in State of Origin, winning the EJ Whitten Medal. His good form continued into 1990 when he played an important part in Collingwood winning the premiership, their first in 32 years. Brown played mainly as a forward, after starting his career as a wingman. He was knocked out in the quarter-time brawl in the grand final against

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, but returned late in the game and kicked his second goal. A year later, Brown continued his enthusiastic and courageous work on the field and finished runner-up in the best and fairest as well as earning his first

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selection as a half-forward. Brown was known as a courageous player and the

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awarded him the inaugural Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player in 1991 and again in 1992. In 1994, Brown was rewarded for his hard work with the captaincy and he played good football. He gained his second All-Australian selection, and won his second Copeland Trophy, finishing equal with recruit

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. He suffered hamstring injuries in 1995–1996, which hampered his career, but in 1997 he made a comeback, winning his third Copeland Trophy. He also captained the stateside against South Australia, winning a second EJ Whitten Medal for his best on ground performance due to a brilliant job on

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. Brown handed over the Magpies' captaincy to Nathan Buckley at the end of 1998, despite his willingness to keep the leadership role. As his career was coming to an end he continued to play good football in 1999 despite the team's lack of success and was impressive with the youngsters around him, with another top-three finish in the best and fairest. He retired at the end of 2000.

Statistics

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1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

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1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 23 , , 6 , , 4 , , 282 , , 211 , , 493 , , 107 , , 37 , , 0.3 , , 0.2 , , 12.3 , , 9.2 , , 21.4 , , 4.7 , , 1.6 , , 3 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 22 , , 11 , , 27 , , 330 , , 186 , , 516 , , 129 , , 25 , , 0.5 , , 1.2 , , 15.0 , , 8.5 , , 23.5 , , 5.9 , , 1.1 , , 9 , - , style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;",

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

† , style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 18 , , 49 , , 24 , , 209 , , 106 , , 315 , , 132 , , 19 , , 2.7 , , 1.3 , , 11.6 , , 5.9 , , 17.5 , , 7.3 , , 1.1 , , 4 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 18 , , 15 , , 21 , , 246 , , 211 , , 457 , , 129 , , 29 , , 0.8 , , 1.2 , , 13.7 , , 11.7 , , 25.4 , , 7.2 , , 1.6 , , 9 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 1992 , style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 16 , , 9 , , 9 , , 207 , , 108 , , 315 , , 102 , , 25 , , 0.6 , , 0.6 , , 12.9 , , 6.8 , , 19.7 , , 6.4 , , 1.6 , , 7 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 12 , , 9 , , 6 , , 125 , , 74 , , 199 , , 53 , , 11 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 10.4 , , 6.2 , , 16.6 , , 4.4 , , 0.9 , , 7 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 21 , , 17 , , 7 , , 245 , , 219 , , 464 , , 95 , , 51 , , 0.8 , , 0.3 , , 11.7 , , 10.4 , , 22.1 , , 4.5 , , 2.4 , , 4 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 16 , , 11 , , 7 , , 163 , , 126 , , 289 , , 64 , , 46 , , 0.7 , , 0.4 , , 10.2 , , 7.9 , , 18.1 , , 4.0 , , 2.9 , , 1 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 1996 , style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 20 , , 10 , , 11 , , 120 , , 140 , , 260 , , 68 , , 23 , , 0.5 , , 0.6 , , 6.0 , , 7.0 , , 13.0 , , 3.4 , , 1.2 , , 1 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 22 , , 1 , , 4 , , 171 , , 206 , , 377 , , 106 , , 36 , , 0.0 , , 0.2 , , 7.8 , , 9.4 , , 17.1 , , 4.8 , , 1.6 , , 10 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 16 , , 5 , , 5 , , 136 , , 100 , , 236 , , 84 , , 25 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 8.5 , , 6.3 , , 14.8 , , 5.3 , , 1.6 , , 0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 19 , , 31 , , 15 , , 131 , , 99 , , 230 , , 66 , , 15 , , 1.6 , , 0.8 , , 6.9 , , 5.2 , , 12.1 , , 3.5 , , 0.8 , , 2 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

, style="text-align:center;", , 26 , , 15 , , 14 , , 6 , , 77 , , 59 , , 136 , , 52 , , 14 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 5.1 , , 3.9 , , 9.1 , , 3.5 , , 0.9 , , 0 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 254 ! 195 ! 150 ! 2621 ! 1926 ! 4547 ! 1241 ! 383 ! 0.8 ! 0.6 ! 10.3 ! 7.6 ! 17.9 ! 4.9 ! 1.5 ! 57

Post-playing career

Brown became an assistant coach to

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after retiring, and in 2002 was awarded a spot in the Collingwood Team of the Century, as the fourth interchange player. He was also an inaugural inductee in the Collingwood Football Club Hall of Fame. In 2008 he was appointed senior coach of Collingwood's newly created VFL side. In 2008, he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2011, Brown moved to the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

, taking on an assistant coaching role. After three seasons there, he signed with

, also as an assistant coach. Brown's three children, sons Callum,

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and daughter Tarni have all played or are playing for Collingwood in the

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or AFLW leagues.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Gavin 1967 births Living people Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club Premiership players All-Australians (AFL) Copeland Trophy winners Victorian State of Origin players Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) E. J. Whitten Medal winners Australia international rules football team players People educated at Marcellin College, Bulleen One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players