Brett Gloury

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Brett Gloury
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-12-03) 3 December 1968 (age 55)
Original team(s) Balmoral
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1986–1987 Collingwood 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1987.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brett Gloury (born 3 December 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Originally from Balmoral, Gloury was an All-Australian at the 1985 Teal Cup Under-17s Championships in Perth.[2] He had a tough initiation to league football the following year, when as a 17-year-old on debut, he played as a full-back on Essendon's Paul Salmon.[3] The Essendon player, who was 12 cm taller than his opponent, kicked four goals in the first quarter, prompting the coach to take Gloury off him.[3] He kept his spot in the team for Collingwood's next game, against the Sydney Swans, which he played as a forward and kicked three behinds.[4] In 1987 he made two appearances mid-year, against Fitzroy and North Melbourne, his last two league games.[4]

Gloury later played for Newbridge in the Loddon Valley Football League and with Kangaroo Flat in the Bendigo Football League.[5] He was a member of Kangaroo Flat's 1996 premiership team.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ Canberra Times, "Under-17 team", 10 June 1985, p. 17
  3. ^ a b Herald Sun, "Frawley urges Zac to back himself", 9 May 2006, Michael Stevens
  4. ^ a b AFL Tables: Brett Gloury
  5. ^ "Bloods regain top spot on ladder: early June, 1993 season". Country Footy Scores.
  6. ^ Bendigo Advertiser, "Reunion of Kangaroos' stars of '96 sparks memories of... Club's greatest victory", 18 August 2006, Luke West

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