Leigh Brown

Leigh Brown
Personal information
Full name	Leigh Brown
Nickname(s)	The Anvil
Date of birth	(1982-02-23) 23 February 1982
Original team(s)	Gippsland Power (TAC Cup)
Draft	#5, 1999 National Draft, Fremantle #73, 2008 National Draft, Collingwood
Height/Weight	194cm / 104kg
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000 – 2002 2003 – 2008 2009 – 2011 Total	Fremantle North Melbourne Collingwood	063 0(20) 118 0(64) 065 0(54) 246 (138)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011 season.
Career highlights
Collingwood premiership player 2010 Rising Star Nominee

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. He is renowned for his tackling ability as well as his Utility roles.

On 21 May 2011, he became the second player in VFL/AFL history to play 50 games for three clubs when Collingwood played Adelaide.

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.

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

Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B
			Totals									Averages (per game)
2000	Fremantle	30	21	163	111	52	54	19	5	2	1	7.8	5.3	2.5	2.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.0
2001	Fremantle	30	21	220	151	69	82	22	20	8	6	10.5	7.2	3.3	3.9	1.0	1.0	0.4	0.3
2002	Fremantle	30	21	214	132	82	75	35	20	10	8	10.2	6.3	3.9	3.6	1.7	1.0	0.5	0.4
2003	Kangaroos	16	22	205	135	70	75	35	50	10	6	9.3	6.1	3.2	3.4	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.3
2004	Kangaroos	16	21	238	141	97	73	44	73	15	9	11.3	6.7	4.6	3.5	2.1	3.5	0.7	0.4
2005	Kangaroos	16	23	234	127	107	88	29	12	3	4	10.2	5.5	4.7	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.2
2006	Kangaroos	16	21	289	163	126	117	30	13	8	5	13.8	7.8	6.0	5.6	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2
2007	Kangaroos	16	22	226	124	102	78	38	17	21	16	10.3	5.6	4.6	3.5	1.7	0.8	1.0	0.7
2008	North Melbourne	16	9	111	51	60	36	22	9	7	6	12.3	5.7	6.7	4.0	2.4	1.0	0.8	0.7
2009	Collingwood	15	23	247	124	123	76	68	79	10	17	10.7	5.4	5.3	3.3	3.0	3.4	0.4	0.7
2010	Collingwood	15	19	232	131	101	86	78	93	21	10	12.2	6.9	5.3	4.5	4.1	4.9	1.1	0.5
2011	Collingwood	15	23	282	160	122	86	82	120	23	17	12.3	7.0	5.3	3.7	3.6	5.2	1.0	0.7
Career			246	2661	1550	1111	926	502	511	138	105	10.8	6.3	4.5	3.8	2.0	2.1	0.6	0.4

External links

• Leigh Brown's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Leigh Brown's statistics from AFL Tables