Doug Brown (Australian footballer)

Doug Brown
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Ernest Fewster Brown
Date of birth	30 August 1923
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria
Date of death	17 June 2012 (aged 88)[1]
Original team(s)	Geelong District
Height/Weight	168 cm / 73 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1943 1944–1950 Total -	Fitzroy Geelong	13 0(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 Tatura, 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 Tatura 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. "Doug Brown - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
3. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
4. AFL Tables: Doug Brown
5. "WW2 Nominal Roll". Government of Australia.
6. The Argus, "Brown Wants to Leave Geelong", 10 January 1951, p. 10