| Billy Brownless | |||
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| Full name | Anthony William Brownless | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Jerilderie, New South Wales | ||
| Original team | Jerilderie (Murray Football League) | ||
| Height/Weight | 192 cm / 102 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1986–1997 | Geelong | 198 (441) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1997 season .
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Anthony William "Billy" Brownless (born 28 January 1967 in Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League and media personality.
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Brownless made his VFL/AFL debut in Round 1, 1986 and quickly made a name for himself as a strong full-forward, winning the Cats' Best First Year Player award that year. He went on to play 198 games and kick 441 goals, putting him 3rd in Geelong's all-time goalkicking list, behind Gary Ablett (1021) and Doug Wade (834).
One of Brownless' fondest memories was booting a goal after the siren against Footscray in the 1994 qualifying final. With Geelong trailing by one point, he marked the ball within scoring range with just seconds left and booted a goal to send Geelong through to the next stage of the finals. While the Cats eventually made it to the Grand Final, they lost that match and it was a sad tale of Brownless' career that he played in four losing Grand Final teams with Geelong.
Brownless retired in 1997 at 30 years of age.
Billy Brownless has the record for most goals in a game at the Gabba, with 11.
Once Brownless retired from football he moved into the media, appearing regularly on The Footy Show. On The Footy Show he appeared in "The House of Bulger" segment as a woman named Joybell.
In 1992 he became the inaugural winner of the Mirrool Silo Kick in the Riverina, kicking an Aussie Rules football 32 metres plus over the Mirrool Silos.[1]
As of 2005, he now stars in The Sunday Footy Show, as well as continuing his appearances on The Footy Show. He also co-hosted Morning Glory, a weekday breakfast show on Melbourne radio station SEN 1116. Brownless finished his 5-day a week stint on the 28-11-2008. Brownless stars on Before the Bounce, a weekly football show on Foxtel alongside Jason Dunstall and Danny Frawley.
In May 2008, Bill Brownless was added as a regular on the Thursday night AFL Footy Show to replace an incapacitated Sam Newman, but was relegated to guest panelist upon Newman's return.
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