It will forever be one of football’s saddest memories that Jonathan Brown’s career ended on a stretcher, carried from the Gabba semi-conscious on 14 June 2014 after another bone-crunching head knock. Yet in a crazy sort of way it was right. Because that was ‘Browny’.
He was as combative a figure as the game has seen. An aerobic beast, with a wonderful pair of hands and an unerring kick for goal, he had all the skills. And he was fearless. Often to his own detriment.
An inspirational leader, he gave everything he had to his team and his club through a career of 256 games from 2000-2014. A dominant figure in the toughest role at centre half forward, he was as good as any in the game through his prime.
And now he is the sixth legend in the Brisbane Lions Hall of Fame, following Simon Black, who was also elevated to Legend status tonight at tonight’s Hall of…
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