Bruce Brown (footballer)

Bruce Brown
Personal information
Full name	Bruce W. Brown
Date of birth	6 October 1951
Original team(s)	Essex Heights
Height / weight	187 cm / 83 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1971 1972 Total –	Melbourne Essendon	6 (0) 1 (0) 7 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1972.

Bruce W. Brown (born 6 October 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

From Essex Heights originally, Brown started his VFL career at Melbourne. He played six senior games for Melbourne in the 1971 VFL season and performed well in the reserves, sharing a Gardiner Medal with Bob Heard of Collingwood.^[1]

He spent the 1972 season at Essendon, played for Port Melbourne in 1973 and two years later joined Brunswick.^[2]

He is the son of Alf Brown, a football journalist who is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.^[3]

References

1. AFL Tables: Bruce Brown
2. "Brown, Bruce". Essendon Football Club official website.
3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.