Alan Brown
Collingwood
AFL career
16 games11 goals
- Debut
- R1 1945 v NTH21 Apr 1945
- Most recent
- R4 1946 v STK11 May 1946
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the local Fairfield district and Northcote High School, Alan Brown arrived at Victoria Park as a promising key position prospect just as the VFL competition was normalising following the Second World War. Standing 183cm—a significant height for the era—he made an immediate impact in his debut 1945 season, booting nine goals and featuring heavily in a Magpies lineup that pushed deep into September action. He appeared to be a long-term solution for the club's spine, but his career was cruelly cut short the following year; after managing just three appearances in the 1946 season, a severe knee injury forced him into premature retirement after just 16 senior games.
Profile
- Born
- 15 Nov 1924
- Died
- 09 June 2014 (aged 89y 206d)
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 78 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the local Fairfield district and Northcote High School, Alan Brown arrived at Victoria Park as a promising key position prospect just as the VFL competition was normalising following the Second World War. Standing 183cm—a significant height for the era—he made an immediate impact in his debut 1945 season, booting nine goals and featuring heavily in a Magpies lineup that pushed deep into September action. He appeared to be a long-term solution for the club's spine, but his career was cruelly cut short the following year; after managing just three appearances in the 1946 season, a severe knee injury forced him into premature retirement after just 16 senior games.