Brendan Edwards

Brendan Edwards
Personal information
Birth	18 March 1936
Recruited from	Sandhurst
Height and weight	178 cm, 75 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	1956, Hawthorn v. ?, at ?
Team(s)	Hawthorn (1956-1963) 109 games, 29 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights
Hawthorn Best & Fairest Award 1960 Victorian representative 1960 Hawthorn Premiership 1961

Brendan Edwards (Born 18 March 1936 is a former Australian rules football footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League VFL from 1956 to 1961 and again in the 1963 season. He won their best and fairest award in 1960 and represented Victoria at interstate football in the same season. After he was seriously injured and he retired as a player in 1963, he founded a chain of health clubs in Melbourne and pioneered the concept of aerobic fitness in Australia.

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Brendan Edwards career stats

References

Profile on Fullpoints Footy

Hawthorn Football Club 1961 VFL Premiers

Hawthorn 13.16 (94) defeated Footscray 7.9 (51), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 2. Arthur \| 1. Kaine \| 3. Nalder \| 4. Browne \| 5. Fisher \| 7. Law \| 9. Edwards \| 10. Cooper \| 11. Hill \| 12. Winneke \| 14. Mort \| 19. Cunningham \| 20. S. Hay \| 22. P. Hay \| 23. Peck \| 26. McPherson \| 28. McArthur \| 29. Poole \| 30. Youren \| 31. Young

Coach: Kennedy

Peter Crimmins Medal • Hawthorn Football Club Best and Fairest Winners

1927: Utting • 1930: Utting • 1931: Sharpley • 1932: Spinks • 1933: Mills • 1934: Loveless • 1935: Mills • 1936: Murphy • 1937: Murphy • 1938: Spinks • 1939: Mills • 1940: Angwin • 1941: Albiston • 1942: Barker • 1943: Bohan • 1944: Blackman • 1945: Bohan • 1946: Albiston • 1947: Culpitt • 1948: Curran • 1949: Austen • 1950: Kennedy • 1951: Kennedy • 1952: Kennedy • 1953: Fletcher • 1954: Kennedy • 1955: Arthur • 1956: Simmonds • 1957: Hughes • 1958: Arthur • 1959: Woodley • 1960: Edwards • 1961: Law • 1962: Arthur • 1963: Law • 1964: Law • 1965: Parkin • 1966: Wilson • 1967: Keddie • 1968: Hudson • 1969: Keddie • 1970: Hudson • 1971: Matthews • 1972: Matthews • 1973: Scott • 1974: Matthews • 1975: Knights • 1976: Matthews • 1977: Matthews • 1978: Matthews/Knights • 1979: Moore • 1980: Matthews • 1981: Wallace • 1982: Matthews • 1983: Wallace • 1984: Greene • 1985: Brereton • 1986: Ayres • 1987: Platten • 1988: Dunstall • 1989: Dunstall • 1990: Collins • 1991: Allan • 1992: Dunstall • 1993: Dunstall • 1994: Platten • 1995: Jarman • 1996: Salmon • 1997: Salmon • 1998: Crawford • 1999: Crawford • 2000: Chick/Holland • 2001: Smith • 2002: Crawford • 2003: Crawford • 2004: Everitt • 2005: Hodge • 2006: Mitchell • 2007: Sewell • 2008: Franklin • 2009: Mitchell • 2010: Hodge • 2011: Mitchell

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Name	Edwards, Brendan
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Date of birth	18 March 1936
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