Tony Brown (born 28 May 1977) is a former professional

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er who has played in the

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(AFL) and the

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(SANFL). He had to make the choice between cricket and football after representing Victoria in under age cricket. Originally from the

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, Brown was drafted by

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at the 1994 AFL Draft and made his senior AFL debut in

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. Playing as a

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, Brown was a hard-running player, and was a committed and whole hearted individual who was greatly respected within the club. Brown played in St Kilda’s 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup winning side. Brown played in 21 of 22 matches in the

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home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the finals, winning the club’s second Minor Premiership and first McClelland Trophy. At the end of the

2000 AFL season The 2000 AFL season was the 104th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured six ...

, Brown left St Kilda after 108 games and 62 goals, moving to SANFL club

Port Adelaide Magpies Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, whilst its reserves ...

, where he became captain, and in 2001 was the joint winner of the

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for the SANFL best and fairest player. Brown quit Port Adelaide at the end of 2005 to return to Victoria for family reasons and signed to play with Leopold Football club where he won the GFL best and fairest award before he signed with

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(VAFA) club Old Haileybury where he again won the competition best and fairest. In

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, Brown signed on to become a runner for AFL club Collingwood. He then moved to St. Kilda Football Club later in the year as runner before becoming Player Development Manager. He also taught at Sandringham East primary school, Haileybury College and Christian College Geelong.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Tony St Kilda Football Club players Port Adelaide Magpies players Magarey Medal winners Geelong Falcons players Leopold Football Club (Geelong) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People educated at Haileybury (Melbourne) Old Haileyburians Amateur Football Club players 1977 births Living people