John Brown (14 October 1923 – 22 May 2007) was an
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
Carlton
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in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of
Edward Valentine Brown (1891–1957), and Lucy Catherine Brown (1891–1980), née Miller, and the brother of
Edward Vincent Brown (1922–1989), John Brown was born on 14 October 1923.
His father, known as
"Ted" Brown, played VFL football with St Kilda in 1911, and with Carlton from 1914 to 1920. His older brother, known as
"Vin" Brown, played for Carlton from 1941 to 1948.
Football
Carlton (VFL)
Formerly a competitive rugby player in New South Wales, Brown made his debut for Carlton, against
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
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*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
, at
Princes Park,
on 10 June 1950 at the age of 26.
30 July 1955
In the
round 15 match against St Kilda, Brown was reported by boundary umpire John Hicks for striking St Kilda's
Ray Houston
Ray Houston (born 1 June 1933) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of ...
during the second quarter; the VFL Tribunal dismissed the charge on 2 August 1955.
East Ballarat (BFL)
In 1956, Brown was appointed as captain-coach of the
East Ballarat Football Club
The East Ballarat Football Club was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ballarat Football League.
First formed in 1885 the club remained a junior club in their district, their senior club being Ballarat Imperial Football Clu ...
in the
Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.
The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football ...
.
Six New Coaches Will Boost The Ballarat League, ''THe Argus'', (Friday, 27 April 1956), p.22.
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Notes
External links
*
John Brown's profile
at Blueseum
''Boyles Football Photos'': John Brown
*
1923 births
Carlton Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
2007 deaths
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