Catherine Brown (born 10 January 1994) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. Brown is also a former soccer player, who last played for Canberra United in the Australian W-League.[1]
Soccer career
Brown played 32 times for Canberra United in the W-League between 2012 and 2015.[2] Her career at W-League ended after she sustained a long-term knee injury while training to play Australian rules football. She attempted to return with a four-week trial for Canberra United before the 2017–18 W-League season but was not offered a contract.[3]
Australian rules football career
Ahead of the 2017 AFL Women's season, Brown trialled for the GWS Giants before a knee injury ended her hopes of playing.[4][5]
In 2019, Brown played for the Eastlake Demons in the AFL Canberra First Grade Women's competition.[6]
Statistics
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Handballs | M
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2022 (S7) | Hawthorn | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 20 | 101 | 9 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 12 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Career | 16 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 35 | 148 | 18 | 27 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 9.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0 | ||
Honours and achievements
Individual
- Hawthorn best club person: 2023
References
- ^ Canberra United profile
- ^ "C. Brown". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (24 September 2017). "Canberra United veteran Catherine Brown chooses W-League over AFWL". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Dutton, Chris (5 October 2016). "Canberra United coach Rae Dower backs Ellie Brush to be women's AFL star". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Tiernan, Eamonn (27 May 2017). "Canberra United and AFLW prospect Catherine Brown makes triumphant injury return". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Helmers, Caden (2 September 2019). "Magpie soars to win Mulrooney medal". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Brown". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
External links
- Catherine Brown's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Catherine Brown at AustralianFootball.com
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