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Leigh Brown

North Melbourne, Collingwood and Fremantle

AFL career

246 games138 goals

Debut
R1 2000 v GEE11 Mar 2000
Most recent
GF 2011 v GEE1 Oct 2011

Stats

2011
COL
23
7.0
5.3
12.3
3.7
1.0
1.6
3.6
1.0
0.7
65
67
2010
COL
19
6.9
5.3
12.2
4.5
0.9
1.9
4.1
1.1
0.5
68
73
2009
COL
23
5.4
5.3
10.7
3.3
0.5
1.0
3.0
0.4
0.7
53
58
2008
NTH
9
5.7
6.7
12.3
4.0
0.3
1.6
2.4
0.8
0.7
54
54
2007
KAN
22
5.6
4.6
10.3
3.5
0.6
0.6
1.7
1.0
0.7
50
63
2006
KAN
21
7.8
6.0
13.8
5.6
0.6
0.9
1.4
0.4
0.2
59
-
2005
KAN
23
5.5
4.7
10.2
3.8
0.6
1.0
1.3
0.1
0.2
41
-
2004
KAN
21
6.7
4.6
11.3
3.5
0.6
1.0
2.1
0.7
0.4
54
-
2003
KAN
22
6.1
3.2
9.3
3.4
0.5
1.4
1.6
0.5
0.3
43
-
2002
FRE
21
6.3
3.9
10.2
3.6
0.5
0.8
1.7
0.5
0.4
46
-
2001
FRE
21
7.2
3.3
10.5
3.9
0.7
0.9
1.0
0.4
0.3
46
-
2000
FRE
21
5.3
2.5
7.8
2.6
0.9
1.0
0.9
0.1
0.0
31
-
League
Season
GEE
MCG
GF
5
6
11
2
2
4
5
5
1.2
56
54
HAW
MCG
PF
2
2
4
0
0
1
5
2
0.0
20
30
WCE
MCG
QF
3
8
11
3
1
1
5
3
1.1
56
62
GEE
MCG
R24
7
6
13
3
0
0
0
4
0.0
58
53
FRE
PS
R23
7
14
21
6
2
0
0
2
0.0
77
83
BRL
MCG
R22
5
8
13
5
0
3
4
2
1.0
55
67
STK
ES
R21
8
5
13
7
1
1
3
5
1.0
82
68
PAD
AAMI
R20
10
5
15
7
2
0
0
0
2.2
77
83
ESS
MCG
R19
10
4
14
4
1
2
11
4
1.1
79
74
GCS
MS
R18
10
11
21
7
0
2
9
3
0.0
88
102
CAR
MCG
R17
7
1
8
2
1
0
9
2
1.1
54
56
NTH
MCG
R16
9
2
11
7
0
3
1
7
3.3
93
62
HAW
MCG
R15
6
4
10
1
0
1
5
6
2.1
68
71
SYD
ANZ
R14
2
5
7
2
0
1
8
0
0.0
27
43
MEL
MCG
R12
10
7
17
4
0
2
6
3
1.2
76
73
STK
MCG
R11
7
1
8
2
2
2
9
7
1.1
69
64
GEE
MCG
R8
4
1
5
1
3
2
0
2
1.0
28
27
WBD
MCG
R6
11
4
15
5
1
0
6
2
4.0
95
128
ESS
MCG
R5
12
0
12
4
0
1
9
4
1.0
76
79
RCH
MCG
R4
7
7
14
6
1
2
6
5
1.0
80
60
CAR
MCG
R3
7
8
15
3
1
2
5
5
0.0
66
68
NTH
ES
R2
5
5
10
2
3
4
4
6
0.2
52
66
PAD
ES
R1
6
8
14
3
2
2
10
3
1.1
68
72

Profile

Born
23 Feb 1982 (age 44y 242d)
Height
194 cm
Weight
104 kg

Teams

Honours

  • Premiership2010

Bio

1 revision

Recruited by Fremantle with pick number 5 in the 1999 National Draft, Leigh Brown began his career as a highly touted key position prospect before being traded to North Melbourne after just three seasons. At Arden Street, he developed into a durable utility capable of playing at either end of the ground, yet he often struggled to find a permanent niche and was eventually delisted at the conclusion of 2008. In a move that defined his legacy, Collingwood handed him a lifeline with pick 73, where coach Mick Malthouse reinvented him as a hybrid ruck-forward.

This structural shift saw Brown pioneer a unique role that became a blueprint for modern team selection, requiring him to pinch-hit in the ruck, crash packs as a key forward, and rove his own contests with aggressive tackling pressure. His physical resilience and willingness to play the enforcer role were pivotal elements of Collingwood's game plan, culminating in a premiership medallion in 2010. Retiring at the end of 2011, Brown transformed himself from a delisted journeyman into a cult figure and an essential component of a premiership side.

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