Thomas Ronald "Tobler" Brownlees (20 October 1891 - 15 November 1954) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
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).
Brownlees kicked 42 goals in his
debut season, finishing second in the Geelong goal-kicking to
Percy Martini
Percy Francis Joseph Martini (4 June 1888 – 1 July 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
He married May Victoria Machar (1887–1928) in 1913.
Football
A full-forward, ...
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Despite managing a more modest total of 25 goals in
1915
Events
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, it was enough to finish as their leading goal-kicker.
[ Also used as a fullback, Brownlees represented the VFL at the ]1921 Perth Carnival
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.
An elder brother, Rupe, also played over 100 games for Geelong.
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1891 births
1954 deaths
Geelong Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
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