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Brian Winton
Personal information
Full name Brian J. Winton
Date of birth (1963-07-28) 28 July 1963 (age 61)
Original team(s) Wentworth
Draft No. 1, 1989 pre-season draft
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1983 Richmond 10 0(3)
1984–1988 Essendon 32 0(4)
1989 St Kilda 05 0(4)
Total 47 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian J. Winton (born 28 July 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond, Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Winton was a gifted forward in his youth, topping the goal-kicking in the 1982 Under-19s competition. [1] The former Wentworth played was promoted to the Richmond seniors in 1983. He was used mostly as a defender in the VFL and crossed to Essendon after just one season at Richmond.

In his first two seasons with Essendon, the club won premierships, and as a result he was only able to break into the team on three occasions during this time.[2] After another brief season in 1986, Winton played 20 of a possible 22 games in the 1987 VFL season, playing as a full-back.[3] When Essendon were unable to satisfy his salary expectations, he was released by the club and signed by St Kilda, with the first pick of the pre-season draft.[4]

Although he kicked three goals on his St Kilda debut, against the Brisbane Bears, Winton played just four more league games.[2] He then played for both Prahran and Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association, followed by a stint as coach of Cheltenham from 1996 to 1999 .

References

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  1. ^ "Winton, Brian J". Essendon Football Club. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b AFL Tables: Brian Winton
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ^ The Age,"Bomber trio dumped", 2 March 1989, p. 28