Doug Brown (Australian footballer)

Douglas Ernest Fewster Brown (30 August 1923 – 18 June 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Doug Brown
Personal information
Full name Douglas Ernest Fewster Brown
Date of birth 30 August 1923
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 18 June 2012(2012-06-18) (aged 88)[1]
Original team(s) Geelong District
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943 Fitzroy 13 0(21)
1944–1950 Geelong 70 (108)
Total 83 (129)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brown, who kicked three goals on his league debut, was a rover from Geelong District. He couldn't play with Geelong in 1943 as they weren't competing due to the war, so he instead spent the season with Fitzroy.[2][3] In 1944 Geelong returned to the league and he appeared in eight of the opening nine rounds of the season with them.[4] He missed the rest of the year and all of the 1945 season as he was serving as a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Australian Air Force.[5]

He proved a useful forward when resting in the forward pockets and contributed a career best 26 goals in 1947, from 15 games.[4] His final appearance for Geelong was in their 17-point preliminary final loss to North Melbourne in 1950.[4]

Having received a good offer from Tatura, Brown joined the Goulburn Valley Football League club as captain-coach in 1951.[6] Brown was the league's leading goal-kicker that year with 86 goals. He would then lead Tatura to back to back premierships in 1952 and 1953.

References
  1. "Geelong mourns Doug Brown". Geelong Advertiser. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. "Doug Brown - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. AFL Tables: Doug Brown
  5. "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
  6. The Argus, "Brown Wants to Leave Geelong", 10 January 1951, p. 10
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