Career
Originally from Ballarat, Victoria, he played under-18 football for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup before being recruited by West Coast with the 16th pick overall in the 2006 National Draft. He made his debut for West Coast in round one of the 2007 season, and has played a total of 55 games for the club since his debut, alternating between centre half-forward and centre half-back. Brown"s career has been interrupted by injuries, causing him to miss the entire 2008 season and 2015 season, as well as significant parts of the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
Brown was born on 17 December 1988 in Ballarat, Victoria.
He attended Street Patrick"s College in Ballarat, and played junior football for the Ballarat Football and Netball Club, and under-18s for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup, as a key forward. Brown was selected by the West Coast Eagles with pick 16 in the 2006 National Draft.
Brown made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 1 of the 2007 season against the Sydney Swans, in a rematch of the 2006 American Federation of Labor-Congress Grand Final. He played five games in his debut season, playing in both in the forward and back lines.
Brown played 13 games in the 2010 season, being dropped three times.
He played in the forward line for much of the first half of the season, but was in and out of form. He found a role as the Eagles" centre half-back towards the end of the season, becoming one of their better players in defence, before his season was ended by a groin injury.