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| Birth | October 26, 1946 , |
| Recruited from | East Perth |
| Height and weight | 187cm / 97kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | 1974, Richmond vs. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The East Perth Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, competes in the Australian Football League. , at |
| Team(s) | Richmond (1974)
14 games, 27 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
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Malcolm "Mal" Brown (born October 26, 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and West Australian Football League. Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, competes in the Australian Football League. The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually since 1921 to the Fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League The All-Australian Team is an All star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest Current teams The teams currently playing in the WAFL are Salary Cap The WAFL is classed as a Semi-professional competition and has a Salary
He was a highly controversial character not only for his many visits to the tribunal during his playing career but also for a number of incidents when coaching as well. [1]
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WAFL career
Brown played in the WAFL for East Perth, Claremont and South Fremantle. The East Perth Football Club is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League. The Claremont Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL The South Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Bulldogs is a semi-professional Australian rules football club and one of nine clubs that compete in the His honours as a player include the Sandover Medal in 1969 and three best and fairests at East Perth (1969, 70, 72). The Sandover Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually since 1921 to the Fairest and best player in the West Australian Football League Best and Fairest (also known as Fairest and Best in some competitions notably the Australian Football League) is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe [1]
He was made captain/coach of East Perth in 1970 and in this capacity he led them to their 1972 premiership ending a bittersweet run for the club where they had played in and lost 7 grand finals since 1960.
At the celebrations after the game as captain he was invited to drinks with the club hierarchy. Upon requesting that the rest of the team be able to join them, and being denied, he hence dragged the team to the nearby Norwood Hotel for their own celebration and thus bringing down the wrath of club president F. D. Book. [1]
The end of this season also saw him lead East Perth as they competed in the Australian Club Championships. He is remembered for his appearance against Carlton where he single-handedly took on the opposition punching out one player after another after taking a dislike to their treatment of some of his team mates. [2]
He also went on to coach South Fremantle to a premiership in 1980. [3]
VFL career
Brown mostly played his career in the WAFL with East Perth, but moved to play in the VFL with the Richmond Football Club for the 1974 season. Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, competes in the Australian Football League. Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1974. [4] This earned him recognition in Victoria, where he was considered a highly controversial character. [5] He played 14 games and booted 25 goals as a ruck-rover for the Tigers, but did not play in the 1974 Grand Final due to suspension for throwing the ball at an umprire. [6]
Brown is the father of current Hawthorn player Campbell. Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL founded in 1902 Campbell Brown (born June 14, 1968) is an American Television news reporter currently an Anchor and political pundit for In 2004, Brown was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame. Current teams The teams currently playing in the WAFL are Salary Cap The WAFL is classed as a Semi-professional competition and has a Salary [7]
In 1994 he co-authored a book titled Mal Brown & Mongrels I've met! with Brian Hansen. [8]
Notes
- ^ a b c (Sept, 2006) in East, Alan: The Sandover Medal Men. Noranda, WA: Alan East, 259-264. ISBN 0-9775813-0-6. Retrieved on 2008-05-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
- ^ WA's most controversial moments in sport; The West Australian; 2007-06-04
- ^ South Fremantle Football Club History
- ^ 1974 Richmond Round by Round playing list
- ^ Holmesby, R. The West Australian (often simply called The West) is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth Western Australia, and is owned by Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. and Main, J. (2005). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. ISBN 1-86350-243-2
- ^ VFL Tribunal Findings, 1974
- ^ Hall of Fame Inductees
- ^ (1994) Mal Brown and Mongrels I've Met. Mt Waverley: Brian Edward Hansen. ISBN 0-646-17695-1.
References
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External Links
Mal Brown's statistics from AFL Tables
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