Brent Crosswell
| Brent Crosswell | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brent Crosswell | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Launceston | ||
| Original team | Campbell Town | ||
| Height/Weight | 188 cm / 86 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Utility | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1968 – 1975 1975 – 1979 1980 – 1982 Total |
Carlton North Melbourne Melbourne |
98 (92) 76 (108) 48 (57) 222 (257) |
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1 Playing statistics to end of season .
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Brent Tasman Crosswell (born 8 August 1950)[1] is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton, Melbourne and North Melbourne in a 222 game Victorian Football League (VFL) career. He was a versatile player and thus played in a variety of positions throughout his career, averaging over a goal a game.
After being recruited from Northern Tasmanian club Campbell Town, Crosswell made his VFL debut in 1968 for Carlton. A solid debut season earned him Carlton's 'best first year player' award. They won the 1968 Grand Final by three points and Crosswell won another premiership two years later, starring in the famous 1970 Grand Final victory over Collingwood.
In 1975 he left Carlton and went to North Melbourne and play a crucial role during the club's golden period, adding two more premierships to his resume. Crosswell's finals form cannot be faulted and he featured in the best players list in all his Grand Finals appearances, except in 1976 when he injured himself against Geelong in muddy conditions the previous week. Not be discounted, the selection committee at the club selected Crosswell in the 1976 Grand Final side and gave North Melbourne a needed boost, but this was only temporary as his endurance was waning and the injury prevented him to give 100% that he wanted to show. When Barassi decided to leave North Melbourne Football club, Crosswell moved to his third club, Melbourne, in 1980 and spent his final three seasons of football there, to end a career with one of the most Grand Final appearances by a player at the time: nine VFL Grand Finals.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Family Notices". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860–1954) (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia): p. 19. 16 August 1950. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26721791. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
[edit] External links
- Brent Crosswell's statistics from AFL Tables
- Crosswell Profile at Fullpointsfooty
- Demon Wiki profile
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| Preceded by Robert Flower |
Melbourne Football Club Leading Goalkicker 1980 |
Succeeded by Mark Jackson |
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