Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Brian Walsh |
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| Full name |
Brian James Walsh |
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| Date of birth |
(1934-10-25)25 October 1934 |
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| Date of death |
19 August 2010(2010-08-19) (aged 75) |
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| Original team(s) |
Ormond Amateur |
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| Height |
178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
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| Weight |
73 kg (161 lb) |
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| Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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| 1956–1964 |
St Kilda |
131 (0) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964. |
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Brian James Walsh (25 October 1934 – 19 August 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Walsh started his career as a centreman, with Ormond Amateurs, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.[1][2] He was recruited to the VFL by St Kilda coach Alan Killigrew, who had coached Walsh when he was a junior with CBC St Kilda.[2]
At St Kilda he played in the back pocket, forming a strong defence, which had two Brownlow Medal winners, Neil Roberts and Verdun Howell.[2] Roberts has been quoted saying Walsh was the best player in the back six.[2]
His 131 league games, between 1956 and 1964, included two finals.[3]
Walsh didn't kick a goal for St Kilda, although he did manage a goal for an opposition team.[1][2] The goal came when St Kilda were playing Carlton at Junction Oval, in the fourth round of the 1958 season.[2][3] Due to the pressure from Carlton players, Walsh rushed a kick, which went through the opposition's goal posts.[2] Normally this would be a behind, but the field umpire Bill Barbour gave the all-clear for the goal umpire to signal a goal, despite not having had clear vision of the kick.[2][4] In newspaper scorecards, Walsh was listed as one of Carlton's goal-kickers, but records now give the goal to Carlton rover Doug Beasy.[2][5][6]
He played for the Cobram Football Club after leaving St Kilda.[7]
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