Doug Brown (Australian footballer)

Doug Brown
Personal information
Full nameDouglas Ernest Fewster Brown
Date of birth30 August 1923
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
Date of death17 June 2012 (aged 88)[1]
Original teamGeelong District
Height/Weight168 cm / 73 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1943
1944–1950
Total -		Fitzroy
Geelong		13 (21)
70 (108)
83 (129)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1950 season.

Douglas Ernest Fewster "Doug" Brown (30 August 1923 – 17 June 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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 Tongala, 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 Tongala 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. ↑ "Douglas Brown (Fitzroy & Geelong)". Full Points Footy.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 AFL Tables: Doug Brown
  5. ↑ "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
  6. ↑ The Argus, "Brown Wants to Leave Geelong", 10 January 1951, p. 10