Billy Brownless

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playername = Billy Brownless
fullname = Anthony William Brownless


birthdate = Birth date and age|1967|1|28|df=y
birthplace = Jerilderie, New South Wales
originalteam = Jerilderie (Murray Football League)
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years = 1986 – 1997
clubs = Geelong
games(goals) = 198 (441)
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statsend = 1997
careerhighlights =
* All-Australian 1991

Anthony William "Billy" Brownless (born 28 January 1967 in Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer with Geelong FC in the Australian Football League and media personality.

Football career

Brownless made his VFL/AFL debut in Round 1, 1986 and quickly made a name for himself as a strong full-forward, winning the Cats' Best First Year Player award that year. He went on to play 198 games and kick 441 goals, putting him 3rd in Geelong's all-time goalkicking list, behind Gary Ablett (1021) and Doug Wade (834).

One of Brownless' fondest memories was booting a goal after the siren against Footscray in the 1994 qualifying final. With Geelong trailing by one point, he marked the ball within scoring range with just seconds left and booted a goal to send Geelong through to the next stage of the finals. While the Cats eventually made it to the Grand Final, they lost that match and it was a sad tale of Brownless' career that he played in 4 losing Grand Final teams with Geelong.

Brownless retired in 1997 at 30 years of age, playing alongside Gary Ablett who also retired in that year.

Billy Brownless has the record for most goals in a game at the Gabba, with 11.

Media career

Once Brownless retired from football he moved into the media, appearing regularly on "The Footy Show". He used his profile as a larrikin to his advantage and was much-loved particularly by people from Geelong. He also starred on "The Footy Show" in "The House of Bulger" as Joybell (a woman).

In 1992 he became the inaugural winner of the Mirrool Silo Kick, kicking an Aussie Rules football 32 metres plus over the Mirrool Silos. [cite news |first= Paul|last= Daffy| |title=Where legends are made|url= http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/12/1034222636222.html|publisher=The Age|date= 2002-10-13|accessdate=2007-01-29]

As of 2005, he now stars in "The Sunday Footy Show", as well as continuing his appearances on "The Footy Show". He also co-hosts "Morning Glory", a weekday breakfast show on Melbourne radio station SEN 1116. He is renowned for his nude run in the streets of Germany, as viewed on the 2006 World Cup Footy Show.

He openly wept after Geelong won the 2007 grand final.

In May 2008, Bill Brownless was added as a regular on the Thursday night AFL Footy Show to replace an incapacited Sam Newman.

Brownless also stars on Before the Bounce, a weekly football show on Foxtel alongside Jason Dunstall and Danny Frawley.

ee also

*After the siren kicks in Australian rules football

References

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