Ian Davidson Brewer (15 June 1936 – 15 April 2010) was an
Australian rules football
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er with a distinguished career between 1956 and 1970, in the three major leagues of his era: the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL),
West Australian National Football League
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(WANFL) and
South Australian National Football League
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Originally formed as the ...
(SANFL). Brewer played a combined total of 171 senior games for
Collingwood,
Claremont and
Norwood.
A key forward from
Sale, Brewer played with Collingwood from 1956 to 1961. He kicked 73 goals in 1958, which earned him the
Coleman Medal
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. This tally included six goals in the Queen's Birthday clash against Melbourne, in front of a record crowd of 99,346. Brewer was a member of the Magpies' premiership team that year.
After spending the 1962 season with
St Kilda, where he was unable to break into a strong senior team, Brewer moved to
Perth
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and joined Claremont. In 1964, he was a key factor in the Tigers' rags to riches premiership.
Brewer transferred to Norwood in 1965, topping the SANFL goal-kicking records that same year.
Between stints at Norwood, Brewer was captain-coach of
Wangaratta Rovers
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in the
Ovens & Murray Football League
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.
His younger brother
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
also played in the VFL.
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1936 births
Collingwood Football Club players
Collingwood Football Club premiership players
Norwood Football Club players
Claremont Football Club players
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club players
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club coaches
Sale Football Club players
Coleman Medal winners
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
2010 deaths
Place of birth missing
VFL/AFL premiership players