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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 63)
Original team(s) Bairnsdale (LVFL)
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Rover
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1983–1993 Footscray 199 (299)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
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.

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, Richmond and the Western Bulldogs – the last two with Terry Wallace as senior coach.

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

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

Western Bulldogs: Team of the Century
Full-back
Half-back
Centre
Half-forward
Full-forward
Ruck
Interchange
Coach
Charles Sutton Medal · Western Bulldogs best and fairest winners
1983 VFL Team of the Year
Full-back line
Half-back line
Centre line
Half-forward line
Full-forward line
Ruck
Interchange
Coach
← 1982 1984 →
1986 All-Australian team
South Australia
Victoria
  • Gerard Healy (Sydney)
  • Brian Royal (Footscray)
  • Kevin Walsh (Essendon)
  • Dale Weightman (Richmond)
  • Greg Williams (Sydney)
    • Western Australia
  • Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn)
  • Brad Hardie (Footscray)
  • Laurie Keene (Subiaco)
  • Andrew Macnish (Subiaco)
  • Steve Malaxos (Claremont)
  • Michael Mitchell (Claremont)
  • Phil Narkle (West Coast)
  • Brian Peake (East Fremantle) (Captain)
  • Maurice Rioli (Richmond)
  • Robert Wiley (Perth)
  • Peter Wilson (East Fremantle)
  • Ron Alexander (East Fremantle) (Coach)
    • 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
    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
    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
    Categories: