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Tony Brown

St Kilda

AFL career

108 games62 goals

Debut
R6 1995 v FIT6 May 1995
Most recent
R21 2000 v BRL29 July 2000

Stats

2000
STK
11
7.1
3.5
10.6
2.7
0.7
0.2
0.8
0.5
0.4
44
1999
STK
19
7.9
6.9
14.8
4.1
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.5
0.3
55
1998
STK
21
6.1
5.0
11.0
3.1
0.6
0.4
0.9
0.6
0.4
44
1997
STK
24
11.5
8.0
19.5
3.9
0.5
0.5
0.8
0.7
0.7
69
1996
STK
16
8.6
5.9
14.6
3.1
0.7
0.2
0.9
0.6
0.6
55
1995
STK
17
5.9
5.9
11.8
2.1
0.6
0.5
0.9
0.5
0.5
42
League
Season
BRL
Gabba
R21
5
7
12
1
0
1
0
0
0.1
30
RCH
MCG
R20
5
3
8
4
0
0
0
0
1.0
39
MEL
CS
R19
5
5
10
3
1
0
0
1
2.0
51
WCE
WACA
R18
14
4
18
4
3
0
0
2
0.0
73
GEE
CS
R17
9
1
10
2
0
0
0
2
2.2
57
SYD
SCG
R16
7
5
12
3
0
0
0
0
0.0
40
ADE
CS
R8
6
2
8
3
1
1
0
2
1.0
43
KAN
CS
R7
3
4
7
1
0
0
0
1
0.0
24
BRL
CS
R6
13
4
17
4
2
0
0
0
0.0
61
RCH
CS
R5
7
3
10
5
0
0
0
0
0.1
43
SYD
CS
R1
4
1
5
0
1
0
0
1
0.0
19

Profile

Born
28 May 1977 (age 49y 146d)
Height
175 cm
Weight
79 kg

Teams

Recruited under the father-son rule as the son of former Saint Theo Brown, Tony Brown joined St Kilda via the 1994 National Draft. A pacy rover and small forward, he quickly adapted to the speed of senior football, utilising his agility to win possessions in traffic and link up play through the midfield. He was a consistent contributor during a competitive era for the club, famously featuring in the 1997 Grand Final side that fell short against Adelaide.

Despite accumulating significant experience at a young age, Brown's career at the elite level concluded somewhat prematurely. Following the 2000 season, he was delisted as the club initiated a major list turnover, leaving him on 108 games at just 23 years of age. He returned to local football rather than pursuing opportunities at another AFL club, leaving a legacy as a key component of the energetic St Kilda midfield group that challenged for the premiership in the late 1990s.