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| Michael Braun | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Michael Braun | ||
| Born | (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Original team | Echuca United /Bendigo U18 | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Position | midfield | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1997–2008 | West Coast | 228 (66) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Michael Braun (born 24 March 1978) is anAustralian rules footballer who played for theAFL'sWest Coast Eagles.
Playing for Echuca United as a youngster in the Northern and Echuca Football League, he was recruited fromEchuca/Bendigo Pioneers and made his debut in 1997.
Braun announced his AFL retirement midway through the2008 AFL season, effective at the end of the season.
After retiring from playing football he became the Colts' coach atEast Perth Football Club in theWAFL.
In 2007, Braun ended his acceptance speech for theRoss Glendinning Medal with "Let's have a fucking good year" on live television and in front of a crowd of 42,000 at Subiaco Oval.[1] The Eagles originally fined him $500, but the AFL stepped in, severely reprimanded the Eagles and fined him a further $5,000 for the blunder.[2] It was also the same match in which teammateAdam Selwood was involved in an altercation with Fremantle'sDes Headland.
Later that year, then-Western Bulldogs playerJason Akermanis wrote a column about performance-enhancing drugs and his views on their presence in sport, which included comments that he believed a specific opposing player, whom he did not name, had been using the drugs based on how strong a runner the player was for his size. TheSeven Network andFairfax Media named Braun as the player in question, damaging his reputation and subjecting him to an investigation by theAustralian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, which cleared him of wrongdoing.[3] Braun was ultimately awarded defamation damages against Seven and Fairfax, and received an apology from Akermanis, who conceded that he had been referring to Braun, and admitted that he had been wrong.[4]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1997 | West Coast | 38 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 33 | 94 | 19 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 4.7 | 13.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 1998 | West Coast | 10 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 201 | 101 | 302 | 65 | 41 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 15.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| 1999 | West Coast | 10 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 287 | 167 | 454 | 104 | 30 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | West Coast | 10 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 124 | 89 | 213 | 55 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 17.8 | 4.6 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | West Coast | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 39 | 108 | 32 | 17 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 12.0 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
| 2002 | West Coast | 10 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 185 | 86 | 271 | 61 | 51 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 4.3 | 13.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2003 | West Coast | 10 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 225 | 127 | 352 | 78 | 53 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 10.2 | 5.8 | 16.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| 2004 | West Coast | 10 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 259 | 172 | 431 | 119 | 71 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 11.3 | 7.5 | 18.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 |
| 2005 | West Coast | 10 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 274 | 222 | 496 | 127 | 48 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 20.7 | 5.3 | 2.0 |
| 2006 | West Coast | 10 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 248 | 256 | 504 | 110 | 73 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 20.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 |
| 2007 | West Coast | 10 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 227 | 287 | 514 | 93 | 68 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 18.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2008 | West Coast | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 147 | 190 | 337 | 65 | 53 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 18.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| Career | 228 | 66 | 63 | 2307 | 1769 | 4076 | 928 | 539 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 4.1 | 2.4 | ||
Michael married his long-time girlfriend Bree in November 2007 and they have a son called Noah born in October 2008. They now also have a girl called Logan.
Braun can also be found regularly reviewing West Australian restaurants for a local website.[6][7]
