Brian Walsh (footballer born 1934)

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Brian Walsh
Personal information
Full name Brian J. Walsh
Date of birth (1934-10-25)25 October 1934
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Original team(s) Ormond Amateur
Height/Weight 178 cm / 73 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1956-1964 St Kilda 131 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964 season.

Brian J. Walsh (25 October 1934 – 20 August 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Walsh started his career as a centreman, with Ormond Amateurs, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.[1][2] He was recruited to the VFL by St Kilda coach Alan Killigrew, who had coached Walsh when he was a junior with CBC St Kilda.[2]

At St Kilda he played in the back pocket, forming a strong defence, which had two Brownlow Medal winners, Neil Roberts and Verdun Howell.[2] Roberts has been quoted saying Walsh was the best player in the back six.[2]

His 131 league games, between 1956 and 1964, included two finals.[3]

Walsh didn't kick a goal for St Kilda, although he did manage a goal for an opposition team.[1][2] The goal came when St Kilda were playing Carlton at Junction Oval, in the fourth round of the 1958 season.[2][3] Due to the pressure from Carlton players, Walsh rushed a kick, which went through the opposition's goal posts.[2] Normally this would be a behind, but the field umpire Bill Barbour gave the all-clear for the goal umpire to signal a goal, despite not having had clear vision of the kick.[2][4] In newspaper scorecards, Walsh was listed as one of Carlton's goal-kickers, but records now give the goal to Carlton rover Doug Beasy.[2][5][6]

He played for the Cobram Football Club after leaving St Kilda.[7]

References

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  4. ↑ The Age, "Goal Blues at St. Kilda", 6 May 1958, p. 1
  5. ↑ The Age, "Rugged St. Kilda Outplays Carlton", 5 May 1958, p. 16
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