| Brian Cook | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Brian Carlyle Cook | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Peebles, Scotland, United Kingdom | ||
| Original team(s) | Box Hill (VFA) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1977 | Melbourne (VFL) | 4 (0) | |
| 1979–1980[1] | Subiaco (WAFL) | 25 (1) | |
| 1981 | East Perth (WAFL) | 6 (0)[2] | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brian Carlyle Cook (born 14 November 1955) is a Scottish-born Australian businessman and former Australian rules football player and coach who is the current chief executive officer (CEO) of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cook played for a number of different clubs in several Australian states and territories, including the Box Hill Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the East Perth and Subiaco Football Clubs in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), and later captain-coached the Ainslie Football Club in the Australian Capital Territory Football League (ACTFL). After his retirement from coaching, Cook occupied positions with the Australian Sports Commission and the West Australian Football Commission, before being appointed CEO of the West Coast Eagles in 1990. He quit this position in 1998 to take up the same role with Geelong Football Club. At the conclusion of the 2021 AFL season, he took the CEO position at the Carlton Football Club.