Norm Brown

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Norm Brown
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-08-06) 6 August 1943
Original teamNorth Heidelberg
Debut1962, Fitzroy
Height/Weight191 cm / 94 kg
Playing career1

Fitzroy (1962–73)

  • 181 games, 77 goals
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1973 season.
Career highlights


  • Fitzroy Team of the Century
  • VFL interstate representative (8 games)
  • 3 time Fitzroy Best and Fairest (65,66,67)

Norm Brown (born 6 August 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.

Brown joined Fitzroy from North Heidelberg in 1962. Known for his size (191 cm), physical strength and courage, he was not particularly pretty to watch.[1] However, playing in an era when Fitzroy sides were not very strong, Brown, along with Kevin Murray, where outstanding players. Between them, they won all possible 10 Best & Fairest awards during the 1960s.[2]

A 191 cm ruckman, Brown won three successive Fitzroy best and fairest awards and was named in the forward line in their Team of the Century.[3]

Career highlights

Playing career: 1962 - 1973 (181 games; 77 goals; 21 Brownlow votes) [2][4]

Player honors:

  • Fitzroy Best and Fairest: 1965, 1966, 1967.[2]
  • Fitzroy Team of the Century.[3]
  • Victorian representative: 8 games.

References

  1. ↑ Full Points Footy (2008). Norm Brown (Fitzroy, Port Melbourne, Moorabbin). Retrieved on 5 May 2008.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brisbane Lions (2008). Fitzroy Football Club Honour Board 1897 - 1996. Retrieved on 5 May 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Footy Stamps (2006). Fitzroy Team of the Century. Retrieved on 5 May 2008.
  4. ↑ AFL Stats (2008). Fitzroy Players: Norm Brown. Retrieved on 5 May 2008.


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