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14 (0)
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• Inaugural Gold Coast team
• , 2007

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Campbell Brown (born 28 August 1983) is an Australian rules footballer who has previously won a premiership with the Hawthorn Football Club and currently plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

AFL career

Brown is the son of Australian rules football player and West Australian Football League Hall of Famer Mal Brown, and attended Scotch College, Melbourne and Deakin University where he studied Sports Management.

Hawthorn career (2002–2010)

Brown wore the number 30 guernsey and became noted for his overall aggression and toughness. He debuted for the Hawks in 2002, and received a nomination for the Rising Star award.

Brown was in the squad for the Australian international rules football team which competed in the International Rules Series in 2006.

In 2007 Brown held down the difficult Centre Half Back position for Hawthorn, a tough feat for a man of his size, and was awarded a place in the All-Australian team for his efforts. The same year, Brown was fined $15,000 for giving misleading information to the AFL Tribunal about a misconduct charge on then West Coast (now Carlton) star Chris Judd. Vision appeared to show Judd's hand on Brown's face with fingers around Brown's eyes. Brown's evidence at the Tribunal led to the charge against Judd being dropped.

He was part of the Hawthorn premiership team of 2008 that beat Geelong.

During trade week 2009, Brown was controversially purported to have been put up for trade by Hawthorn for Port Adelaide star Shaun Burgoyne. Hawthorn fans erupted and Brown was shocked. Hawthorn President Jeff Kennett was moved to ring up a dedicated sports radio station covering the backlash from this story (having earlier reported it as fact) and publicly deny these reports. The story has since been established by Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson as a falsehood.

Gold Coast Suns (2011–present)

On 7 September 2010 it was rumored that Brown would be leaving the Hawks to join the new AFL club, the Gold Coast Suns. On 14 September 2010, Brown declined a contract offer from Hawthorn, which then led to him signing a contract with Gold Coast.

In his second game for Gold Coast, Brown was suspended for four weeks. The AFL match review panel handed Brown a two-match suspension for an off-the-ball elbow to Callan Ward's face and a further two for a high bump on Barry Hall as he bent over to gather the ball.

On 6 August 2011, Brown broke his pelvis while playing against Geelong at Skilled Stadium. The injury ended his 2011 season.

Career highlights

• AFL Rising Star nominee – 2002 (Hawthorn)
• International Rules series – 2006 (Hawthorn)
• All-Australian team – 2007 (Hawthorn)
• Best aggressive player – 2002 (Hawthorn)
• Most courageous Player – 2003 (Hawthorn)
• Most courageous player – 2005 (Hawthorn)
• Premiership player – 2008 (Hawthorn)

References

1. Born and Bred for the G
2. "Little Big Man"
3. Fortunate Judd owes Brown an apology
4. Brown rises to star staus
5. Fib costs Brown $15,000 fine – AFL – Fox Sports
6. "Lessons learned the hard way"
7. http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/gold-coast-suns-consider-appeal-over-one-of-two-suspensions-for-campbell-brown/story-fn6z3p5k-1226037443306
8. Gullan, Scott (7 August 2011). "Fractured pelvis ends Campbell Brown's season". Herald Sun. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

External links

• Campbell Brown's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• Campbell Brown's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Australian squad – 2006 International Rules Series
Bateman Brown Crowley Davey Davis Fevola Fisher Fletcher (c) (gk) Gilbee Goddard Hall (c) Johncock Lappin McDonald Mundy O'Keefe Peake Pearce Raines Schneider Selwood Sherman Simpson Stanton Voss
Coach: Sheedy

v t e Australian squad – 2008 International Rules Series
Bock (gk) Boyd Brennan Brown Burgoyne Campbell Crowley Firrito (gk) Foley Harvey (c) Hayden Montagna Motlop Murphy Osborne Pendlebury Petrie Rodan Rooke Sewell Simpson Selwood (vc) Thomas Thompson Wells
Coach: Malthouse

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• Hawthorn Football Club players
• Gold Coast Football Club players
• 1983 births
• Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
• Living people
• All-Australians
• People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
• Deakin University alumni
• Oakleigh Chargers players