Leigh Brown

Australian rules footballer (born 1982)

Australian rules footballer
Leigh Brown
Personal information
Full name Leigh Brown
Nickname(s)

The Anvil The Freight Train

Big Bad Leroy Brown
Date of birth (1982-02-23) 23 February 1982 (age 42)
Original team(s) Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 5, 1999 National Draft, Fremantle
No. 73, 2008 National Draft, Collingwood
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 104 kg (229 lb)
Position(s) Utility
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000–2002 Fremantle 063 0(20)
2003–2008 North Melbourne 118 0(64)
2009–2011 Collingwood 065 0(54)
Total 246 (138)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
Career highlights
  • Collingwood premiership player 2010
  • Rising Star
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leigh Brown (born 23 February 1982) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Fremantle, North Melbourne and finally Collingwood in the Australian Football League. He is a Collingwood premiership player. After the 2011 Grand Final Brown retired and was announced as Melbourne's forward coach.[1] He is renowned for his tackling ability as well as his Utility roles.

Early life

Brown is originally from Heyfield and played under 18 football with the Gippsland Power in the TAC Cup where he attracted the attention of talent scouts.

Brown was drafted to the Fremantle Dockers with the fifth selection in the 1999 AFL Draft.

AFL career

Fremantle

He made his AFL debut in 2000, playing 21 out of a possible 22 games in his debut year. He would play a further 21 games in each of the next two seasons and was named Fremantle's Best Clubman in 2001. He played 63 games at Fremantle also kicking 20 goals.

North Melbourne

Brown moved to the North Melbourne after being traded in 2002 for selection 13, which Fremantle used to draft Byron Schammer. He continued to be solid key position player who could hold his own at both ends of the ground. Prior to 2008, Brown had played in at least 21 matches in every season of his AFL career. Brown was delisted by the Kangaroos at the end of 2008. At North Melbourne Brown played 118 games and booted 64 goals.

Collingwood

Brown was recruited to Collingwood after the 2008 season with selection 73 in the national draft. He played 23 games for Collingwood in 2009 and kicked 10 goals.

His 2010 season was extremely productive, to the point of holding former No. 1 Draft pick Josh Fraser out of the team. He has played a variety of roles, earning him the title "Mr Fix It" from Malcolm Blight and numerous commentators. Perhaps his best effort came against St Kilda, where he booted 3 goals and lead his team to a great victory to see them take top place on the AFL ladder heading into the Finals series. Brown capped off a memorable year in 2010 by playing an important role in Collingwood's Premiership victory.

On 1 September 2011, Brown announced his retirement, effective from the end of the season.[2]

Coaching

In 2011, Brown accepted a role from Melbourne Football Club to be their forward line coach. In November 2013, Brown accepted an offer to coach TAC Cup Under 18 team Gippsland Power for the 2014 season (replacing Nick Stevens).

Statistics

[3]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2000 Fremantle 30 21 2 1 111 52 163 54 19 5 0.1 0.0 5.3 2.5 7.8 2.6 0.9 0.2
2001 Fremantle 30 21 8 6 151 69 220 82 22 20 0.4 0.3 7.2 3.3 10.5 3.9 1.0 1.0
2002 Fremantle 30 21 10 8 132 82 214 75 35 20 0.5 0.4 6.3 3.9 10.2 3.6 1.7 1.0
2003 Kangaroos 16 22 10 6 135 70 205 75 35 50 0.5 0.3 6.1 3.2 9.3 3.4 1.6 2.3
2004 Kangaroos 16 21 15 9 141 97 238 73 44 73 0.7 0.4 6.7 4.6 11.3 3.5 2.1 3.5
2005 Kangaroos 16 23 3 4 127 107 234 88 29 12 0.1 0.2 5.5 4.7 10.2 3.8 1.3 0.5
2006 Kangaroos 16 21 8 5 163 126 289 117 30 13 0.4 0.2 7.8 6.0 13.8 5.6 1.4 0.6
2007 Kangaroos 16 22 21 16 124 102 226 78 38 17 1.0 0.7 5.6 4.6 10.3 3.5 1.7 0.8
2008 North Melbourne 16 9 7 6 51 60 111 36 22 9 0.8 0.7 5.7 6.7 12.3 4.0 2.4 1.0
2009 Collingwood 15 23 10 17 124 123 247 76 68 79 0.4 0.7 5.4 5.3 10.7 3.3 3.0 3.4
2010 Collingwood 15 19 21 10 131 101 232 86 78 93 1.1 0.5 6.9 5.3 12.2 4.5 4.1 4.9
2011 Collingwood 15 23 23 17 160 122 282 86 82 120 1.0 0.7 7.0 5.3 12.3 3.7 3.6 5.2
Career 246 138 105 1550 1111 2661 926 502 511 0.6 0.4 6.3 4.5 10.8 3.8 2.0 2.1

References

  1. ^ Retired Collingwood Player Leigh Brown Joins Melbourne As Forwards Coach Herald Sun [dead link]
  2. ^ "Leigh Brown announces retirement". The Age. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Leigh Brown". AFL Tables.

External links

  • Leigh Brown at the Collingwood Football Club website
  • Leigh Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Collingwood Football Club 2010 AFL premiers
September 25, Collingwood 9.14 (68) drew with St Kilda 10.8 (68), at Melbourne Cricket Ground;
October 2, Collingwood 16.12 (108) defeated St Kilda 7.10 (52), at Melbourne Cricket Ground

* Leon Davis was replaced by Tyson Goldsack in the Grand Final replay

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