Brighton Diggins

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Brighton Diggins
Personal information
Birth December 26, 1906,
Recruited from Subiaco
Height and weight 183cm, 96kg
Playing career¹
Debut , South Melbourne vs. , at
Team(s) Total - 96 Games, 27 Goals

South Melbourne (1932-36)

  • 65 games, 21 goal

Carlton (1938 - 1940)

  • 31 games, 6 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1940 season
Career highlights

Brighton Diggins (born December 26, 1906) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Diggins started his career with South Melbourne and won a premiership with them in just his second season. He moved Carlton Football Club at the start of the 1938 season where he became captain-coach and led his side to a grand final win. He was forced to retire from the game at the onset of World War II.

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1933 South Melbourne Premiership Players
Captain: Bissett | Austin | Bertram | Bowe | Brain | Clarke | Diggins | Faul | Kelleher | Matthews | McKay | McKenzie | McLaughlin | Nash | O'Meara | Pratt | Reville | Thomas | Reserve: Beard
Coach: Bissett
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1938 Carlton Blues Premiership Players
Anderson | Baxter | Carney | Chitty | Crisp | Francis | Gill | Green | Hale | Hollingshead | McInnes | McIntyre | McLean | Park | Price | Schmidt | Vallence | Wrout
Captain / Coach: Diggins


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