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Key Facts

Full name
Brian Maxwell Douge

Known as
Brian Douge

Born
2 March 1951 (age 74)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 125d
Last game: 25y 207d

Height and weight
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 80 kg

Senior clubs
Hawthorn; Subiaco

Jumper numbers
Hawthorn: 35, 11

Recruited from
Hawthorn (1978)

Brian Douge

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
HawthornV/AFL1969-19769180.0963%8.451.462.014
SubiacoWAFL1977-198181230.28—————
Total1969-1981172310.18—————

AFL: 8,189th player to appear, 2,718th most games played, 5,490th most goals kickedHawthorn: 597th player to appear, 171st most games played, 396th most goals kicked

Tough, hard running defender Brian Douge joined Hawthorn from Balwyn and was a solid player for the club in 91 VFL games between 1969 and 1976 although he did not really establish himself as a regular senior player until 1973. His last game in the blue and gold was the winning grand final of 1976 against North Melbourne when he was rated high among the Hawks' best. Appointed captain-coach of Subiaco in 1977 he steered the Lions to sixth position that year and seventh the next. After stepping down as coach in 1979 Douge continued as a player and captain with Subi for another three seasons playing a total of 81 WAFL games.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; The Complete Book of VFL Finals by Graeme Atkinson; Wikipedia article

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.