Dave Brown (rugby league, born 1913)

Dave Brown

Personal information
Full name	David Michael Brown
Born	(1913-04-04)4 April 1913 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	23 February 1974(1974-02-23) (aged 60) Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1930–36 Eastern Suburbs 78 90 160 0 594 1937–39 Warrington 93 48 91 0 326 1939–41 Eastern Suburbs 16 3 32 0 73 Total 187 141 283 0 993 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1930–36 New South Wales 19 9 49 0 125 1933–36 Australia 9 7 26 0 73 1937 Dominion XIII 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 1940 Eastern Suburbs 16 11 1 4 69 1943 Eastern Suburbs 14 4 0 10 29 1957–59 Eastern Suburbs 54 23 0 31 43 Total 84 38 1 45 45
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David Michael Brown (4 April 1913 – 23 February 1974) was one of Australia's greatest rugby league footballers.^[4]

Brown in his distinctive headgear was said to be one of the most admired sights in the game during the 1930s. He won two premierships with Easts and scored so many points, tries and goals and established so many records (some may never be bettered) that he is referred to as "the Bradman of league". In 2003 Brown was inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and in 2008 he was named in the New South Wales rugby league team of the century. In 2018, Brown joined Rugby League's elite by being inducted as a Rugby League Immortal.