Edward Vincent Brown (5 February 1922 – 11 May 1989) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for
Carlton 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) during the 1940s.
Brown possessed exceptional pace, he was a
Stawell Gift finalist in 1946, and was used on the wing when he started out at Carlton during the
1941 VFL season
The 1941 VFL season was the 45th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 26 April until 27 September, and comprised an ...
. In his
second season Brown began playing as a key defender to fill the gap left by players who were serving in the war and was full-back in Carlton's
1945 premiership side, where he stood
South Melbourne's star forward
Laurie Nash.
Brown was a half back flanker in Carlton's
next premiership, playing most of the
Grand Final
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on
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United Ki ...
's leading player
Dick Reynolds
Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow ...
. A twisted ankle sustained in the
1948 VFL season prompted Brown to announce his retirement.
His father
Ted Brown was also a dual premiership player at Carlton, only
Sergio and
Stephen Silvagni have repeated this feat for the club.
His younger brother,
John
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* John (surname)
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Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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* Secon ...
, also played for Carlton.
Death
He died on 11 May 1989.
Funeral Notice: Brown, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 15 May 1989), p.21.
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See also
* The 1945 "Bloodbath" VFL Grand Final
Footnotes
External links
*
*
Blueseum profile of Vin Brown
Vin Brown, ''Boyles Football Photos''.
1922 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Carlton Football Club players
Carlton Football Club Premiership players
1989 deaths
Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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