{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Vin Brown | image = Vin Brown 1945.jpg | caption = Brown in 1945 | fullname = Edward Vincent Brown | birth_date = 5 February 1922 | birth_place = Warragul, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|5|11|1922|2|5|df=yes}} | death_place = | originalteam = Thornbury CYMS (CYMSFA) | debutdate = Round 4, 1941 | debutteam = Carlton | debutopponent = North Melbourne | debutstadium = Arden Street | height = 178 cm | weight = 73 kg | position = | statsend = 1948 | years1 = 1941–1948 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 117 (4) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Edward Vincent Brown''' (5 February 1922 – 11 May 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
Brown possessed exceptional pace, he was a Stawell Gift finalist in 1946,<ref>He finished fifth in the 1946 final, running off a handicap of 7 yards ([https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224420009 Tommy Deane's Stawell Gift, ''The Weekly Times'', (Wednesday, 24 April 1946), p.29.]</ref> and was used on the wing when he started out at Carlton during the 1941 VFL season. In his second season Brown began playing as a key defender to fill the gap left by players who were serving in the war. He went onto be full-back in Carlton's 1945 premiership side, and was considered best on ground in the grand final when he stood South Melbourne's star forward Laurie Nash.
Brown was a half back flanker in Carlton's next premiership, playing most of the Grand Final on Essendon's leading player Dick Reynolds. A twisted ankle sustained in the 1948 VFL season prompted Brown to retire.
His father Ted Brown was also a dual premiership player at Carlton, only Sergio and Stephen Silvagni have repeated this feat for the club.
His younger brother, John, also played for Carlton.
==Death== He died on 11 May 1989.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wZVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CZcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2971%2C4171581 Funeral Notice: Brown, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 15 May 1989), p.21.]</ref>
==See also== * {{annotated link|1945 VFL Grand Final|The 1945 "Bloodbath" VFL Grand Final}}
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{AustralianFootball}} * {{AFL Tables}} * [https://blueseum.org/Vin_Brown Vin Brown's profile] at Blueseum * [http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Vin+Brown Vin Brown, ''Boyles Football Photos''.]
{{Commons category}} {{1945/47 Carlton dual premiership players}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Vin}} Category:1922 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Carlton Football Club premiership players Category:CYMS Football Association players Category:VFL/AFL premiership players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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