Luke Brown (born 22 September 1992) is a former professional
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 ...
player who played for the
Adelaide Football Club
The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since ...
in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL). He was first recruited by incoming club as a pre-selection and was then traded to Adelaide during the
2011 trade week.
AFL career
After strong performances for in the
SANFL, Brown was twice named an emergency for Adelaide in mid-2012. He ultimately made his debut in round 16, against at
Skoda Stadium, and went on to play three games for Adelaide that season as well as playing in the SANFL Grand Final for Norwood.
Brown established himself in Adelaide's team as a negating small defender in 2013, filling the role vacated by retired veteran
Michael Doughty and playing 21 of a possible 22 games.
He signed a two-year deal with the club early in the year, and was nominated for the 2013
AFL Rising Star award in the final round of the season. Brown continued to play this role to great effect in 2014 and 2015, playing every game in both seasons, keeping the opposition's best small forward to a goal a game or less, and developing his attacking game with a disposal efficiency of 80.2% in 2015.
During the year, Brown signed another two-year contract with Adelaide.During the finals series of the 2022 season, Brown announced his retirement after 189 AFL matches,which included being part of the 2017 losing team in the Grand Final.
Statistics
: ''Statistics are correct to end of round 8, 2016.''
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2012
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, 16 , , 3 , , 0 , , 0 , , 12 , , 7 , , 19 , , 9 , , 2 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 4.0 , , 2.3 , , 6.3 , , 3.0 , , 0.7
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2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
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, 16 , , 21 , , 1 , , 0 , , 176 , , 118 , , 294 , , 88 , , 37 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 8.4 , , 5.6 , , 14.0 , , 4.2 , , 1.8
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2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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, 16 , , 22 , , 1 , , 1 , , 138 , , 148 , , 286 , , 55 , , 54 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 6.3 , , 6.7 , , 13.0 , , 2.5 , , 2.5
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2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
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, 16 , , 23 , , 1 , , 1 , , 185 , , 102 , , 287 , , 75 , , 41 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 8.0 , , 4.4 , , 12.5 , , 3.3 , , 1.8
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2016
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, 16 , , 8 , , 1 , , 1 , , 90 , , 52 , , 142 , , 33 , , 27 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 11.3 , , 6.5 , , 17.8 , , 4.1 , , 3.4
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! colspan=3, Career
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! 427
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! 260
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! 7.8
! 5.6
! 13.4
! 3.4
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References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Adelaide Football Club players
Norwood Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from South Australia