| Campbell Brown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Playing for Hawthorn during the 2007 AFL season | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Campbell Brown | ||
| Nicknames | Browny, Browndog | ||
| Born | (1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (age 42) Perth,Australia | ||
| Original team | Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 32,2001 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 11, 2002,Hawthorn vs.Adelaide, atFootball Park | ||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2002–2010 | Hawthorn | 159(64) | |
| 2011–2013 | Gold Coast | 46(45) | |
| Total | 205 (109) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008 | Victoria | 1 (1) | |
| International team honours | |||
| 2006–2008 | Australia | 4 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Campbell Brown (born 28 August 1983) is anAustralian rules footballer who played for theHawthorn Football Club and theGold Coast Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL) and the current captain of the Australian nationalKabaddi team. He led the side at the2016 Kabaddi World Cup. He was a member of Hawthorn's2008 AFL Grand Final premiership winning team, but his career was abruptly ended when he was fired for an off field incident with a Gold Coast teammate during the 2014 pre-season.[1]
Brown is the son of Australian rules football player and 2004West Australian Football League Hall of Fame inducteeMal Brown,[2] and attendedScotch College, Melbourne andDeakin University where he studied Sports Management.[3]
Brown wore the number 30 guernsey and became noted for his overall aggression and toughness.[4] He debuted for the Hawks in 2002, and received a nomination for theRising Star award.
Brown was in the squad for theAustralian international rules football team which competed in theInternational Rules Series in 2006.
In 2007, Brown held down the centre half back position for Hawthorn, a position usually held by a taller man; Brown being only 179 cm. He 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 involving West Coast'sChris Judd.[5] 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 allegedly put up for trade, with Hawthorn supposedly chasing Port Adelaide starShaun Burgoyne. Hawthorn fans and Brown reacted badly to this suggestion with club PresidentJeff Kennett and coachAlastair Clarkson subsequently confirming the story was untrue.[6]
On 7 September 2010 it was rumoured that Brown would be leaving the Hawks to join new AFL club, theGold Coast Suns. On 14 September 2010, Brown declined a contract offer from Hawthorn, and he subsequently signed 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.[7]
On 6 August 2011, Brown broke his pelvis while playing againstGeelong atSkilled Stadium. The injury ended his 2011 season.[8]
At the end of the2011 AFL season, Brown was removed from the Suns' leadership group after being involved in a bar fight during the club's end of season trip to Thailand.[9]
In November 2013, following a pre-season camp in Arizona, Brown was accused of breaking the jaw of a teammate,Steven May, during a fight in Los Angeles.[10] May required an operation and had two plates implanted to repair the break in his left jaw. On 28 November 2013, Brown was suspended by the club pending the outcome of an investigation into this incident.[11] On 4 December 2013 Brown was released from the Gold Coast Suns as a result of the incident with May.[1]
Brown's career ended with a total of 29 weeks suspension.[9] This included a four-match ban for strikingMelbourne'sJames Strauss inround 20, 2013, which happened to be his final AFL game; without the sacking, Brown would have missed the opening round of the2014 season.[12]
Brown made a one-off guest appearance forDevonport in theTasmanian State League in 2014.[13]
In 2016, Brown captained Australia'skabaddi team at the2016 Kabaddi World Cup inAhmedabad, India.[14]
As of 2014, Brown is an AFL commentator on Saturday nights forTriple M[15]
From 2015, Brown appears as a political commentator onChannel 9'sThe Verdict withKarl Stefanovic.
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2002 | Hawthorn | 32 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 89 | 65 | 154 | 38 | 16 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2003 | Hawthorn | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 85 | 39 | 124 | 36 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2004 | Hawthorn | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 155 | 60 | 215 | 82 | 42 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9.1 | 3.5 | 12.6 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2005 | Hawthorn | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 107 | 239 | 67 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 7.6 | 17.1 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2006 | Hawthorn | 30 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 237 | 114 | 351 | 156 | 42 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.9 | 5.7 | 17.6 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2007 | Hawthorn | 30 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 220 | 117 | 337 | 133 | 23 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 14.7 | 5.8 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2008# | Hawthorn | 30 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 234 | 130 | 364 | 137 | 51 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 2.1 | 1 |
| 2009 | Hawthorn | 30 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 151 | 131 | 282 | 87 | 58 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 13.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 0 |
| 2010 | Hawthorn | 30 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 142 | 89 | 231 | 86 | 55 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 13.6 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2011 | Gold Coast | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 72 | 194 | 55 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 13.9 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Gold Coast | 30 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 135 | 80 | 215 | 86 | 29 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Gold Coast | 30 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 120 | 55 | 175 | 59 | 27 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1 |
| Career[16] | 205 | 109 | 63 | 1822 | 1059 | 2881 | 1022 | 419 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 14.1 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 6 | ||
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