Terence Brain (14 August 1907 – 15 August 1984) was a leading

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er of the 1930s who played with

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in the

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(VFL). The son of a boot repairer, Brain grew up in the South Melbourne area but boarded in Clifton Hill, which was in opposing team Collingwood's recruiting zone. Main, J. "Swan Lake", ''AFL Grand Final Record'', 2005, p. 52. Following Collingwood's request to transfer Brain, South Melbourne named him in the senior side in

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

. A lightly built rover, Brain was one of the few Victorians in the South Melbourne side of the 1930s which was known as the 'foreign legion'. Brain played 141 games for the club, including the

1933 VFL Grand Final The 1933 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 30 September 1933. It was the 35th annual Grand ...

win when he kicked two goals. He won South Melbourne's

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. Brain initially retired football at the end of

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, but then played a season under throw-pass rules with

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club

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* * 1907 births 1984 deaths Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Sydney Swans players Sydney Swans Premiership players Camberwell Football Club players Bob Skilton Medal winners One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players People from South Melbourne {{AFL-bio-1907-stub