AFL By The Numbers: 16 Jonathan Brown
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Jonathan Brown.
Forward for the Brisbane Lions.
You can go back a couple of generations to the old Colac & District League to hear about a big guy called Brown providing a rigorous physical contest. Jonathan Brown is the latest and greatest, and possibly the strongest, of the Browns from the West of Victoria. Thanks to Fitzroy, it is Brisbane which now gets the benefits and the trophies because they have Jonathan Brown.
The merger with Fitzroy was a success for Brisbane because they traded in the furry, little Bear for a big, fearsome Lion. The merger also provided Jonathan Brown through the father/son rule. A guaranteed top 5 pick in the 1999 AFL draft, and possibly would have gone at pick 1, the cost for Brisbane was pick 30.
Season 2000 was spent getting used to the AFL game, the next three years were all about winning, so he had a big start to his career. Brown and Lynch provided the quality Brisbane midfield with two big targets to kick to.
It is a new Brisbane team as players like Voss, Hart, Akermanis and Lynch are gone now. If Brisbane are going to make a noise in September again it will be with Brown carrying the team on his back. Season 2006 showed that he could do it. Injury cut the season off at 10 games, but he was in Brownlow medal winning form then, and still finished the season with a career-high 13 votes. In half the games last year Brown was in double-figures for marks, including again getting a career-high for a game with 17 marks.
Brown is kicking more goals now, and getting reported a lot less, while his previous seasons have all been great his actual best could still be in the future, that is something that the league's full backs don't need to hear.
Jonathan Brown information:
195cm, 102kg
Official AFL Profile
Wikipedia entry
Number 15
Jonathan Brown.
Forward for the Brisbane Lions.
You can go back a couple of generations to the old Colac & District League to hear about a big guy called Brown providing a rigorous physical contest. Jonathan Brown is the latest and greatest, and possibly the strongest, of the Browns from the West of Victoria. Thanks to Fitzroy, it is Brisbane which now gets the benefits and the trophies because they have Jonathan Brown.
The merger with Fitzroy was a success for Brisbane because they traded in the furry, little Bear for a big, fearsome Lion. The merger also provided Jonathan Brown through the father/son rule. A guaranteed top 5 pick in the 1999 AFL draft, and possibly would have gone at pick 1, the cost for Brisbane was pick 30.
Season 2000 was spent getting used to the AFL game, the next three years were all about winning, so he had a big start to his career. Brown and Lynch provided the quality Brisbane midfield with two big targets to kick to.
It is a new Brisbane team as players like Voss, Hart, Akermanis and Lynch are gone now. If Brisbane are going to make a noise in September again it will be with Brown carrying the team on his back. Season 2006 showed that he could do it. Injury cut the season off at 10 games, but he was in Brownlow medal winning form then, and still finished the season with a career-high 13 votes. In half the games last year Brown was in double-figures for marks, including again getting a career-high for a game with 17 marks.
Brown is kicking more goals now, and getting reported a lot less, while his previous seasons have all been great his actual best could still be in the future, that is something that the league's full backs don't need to hear.
Jonathan Brown information:
195cm, 102kg
Official AFL Profile
Wikipedia entry
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