Brian Royal

Australian rules footballer, born 1961

Australian rules footballer
Brian Royal
Personal information
Full name Brian Royal
Nickname(s) Choco
Date of birth (1961-12-12) 12 December 1961 (age 62)
Original team(s) Bairnsdale (LVFL)
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1983–1993 Footscray 199 (299)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
  • Charles Sutton Medal: 1983
  • All-Australian team: 1986
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Royal (born 12 December 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club (Western Bulldogs) in the Australian Football League (AFL).

In his first year for the Bulldogs, Royal won the Charles Sutton Medal, the Club's Best and Fairest award and went on to have an extremely distinguished career. Royal represented his state on seven occasions and was an All-Australian representative. His career came to an abrupt end on 199 games and 299 goals due to a ruptured Achilles tendon against Essendon late in the 1993 season.[1][2]

Royal went on to enjoy a long career in coaching at AFL level, as a highly regarded assistant coach at several clubs, including Melbourne, St Kilda,[3] Richmond and the Western Bulldogs – the last two with Terry Wallace as senior coach.[4]

Royal is now coaching in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), for the Beaumaris Football Club.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Piesse, Ken (1993). The Complete Guide to Australian Football. Sydney, Australia: Pan Macmillan. p. 273. ISBN 0330357123.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 568. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
  3. ^ Royal joins Saints Archived 23 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Wallace wields the axe at Richmond

External links

  • Brian Royal's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Western Bulldogs: Team of the Century
Full-back
  • Charlie Sutton
  • Herb Henderson
  • John Schultz
Half-backCentreHalf-forwardFull-forward
Ruck
InterchangeCoach
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Charles Sutton Medal · Western Bulldogs best and fairest winners
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Victorian team – 1983 State of Origin
South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983, crowd: 44,521
Western Australia 16.22 (118) d Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983, crowd: 44,213
Both games
vs. South Australia
vs. Western Australia
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Victorian team – 1986 State of Origin
South Australia 18.17 (125) defeated Victoria 17.13 (115), at Football Park, 13 May 1986, crowd: 43,143
Western Australia 21.11 (137) d Victoria 20.14 (134), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986, crowd: 39,863
Both games
v South Australia
v Western Australia
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Victorian 2nd XVIII team – 1991 State of Origin
Victoria 17.14 (116) defeated Tasmania 14.20 (104), at North Hobart Oval, 28 May 1991
Queensland 23.14 (152) defeated Victoria 15.8 (108), at The Gabba, 16 July 1991
Both games
vs. Tasmania
vs. Queensland
Coach: Austin