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Key Facts

Full name
Brian Terence Falconer

Known as
Brian Falconer

Born
2 June 1933

Place of birth
Perth, WA (6000)

Died
4 April 2020 (aged 86)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 23y 35d
Last game: 27y 65d

Height and weight
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Senior clubs
Hawthorn

Jumper numbers
Hawthorn: 36

State of origin
WA

Brian Falconer

Advanced stats
ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
HawthornV/AFL1956-19605770.1253%———4
Total1956-19605770.1253%———4

AFL: 6,726th player to appear, 3,971st most games played, 5,659th most goals kickedHawthorn: 474th player to appear, 253rd most games played, 408th most goals kicked

Born in Perth, Brian Falconer was an excellent junior footballer who progressed to league ranks with West Perth in 1952. His four season stint with the Cardinals saw him play 62 WANFL games whilst establishing himself as one of the premier wingmen in the state, and inevitably attracting attention from VFL clubs. The 1956 season found him at Hawthorn, a destination that may have been suggested to him by West Perth’s coach Peter O’Donohue, himself a former Hawks player and captain.

Falconer impressed in the VFL, proving himself on a par in terms of ability with virtually any other wingman you care to name. However, owing to the demands of his career as a public servant he felt compelled to retire in 1960, aged just 27. He had played 57 VFL games and scored seven goals. He later made a brief comeback of sorts with Waverley in the VFA (24 games, 58 goals, 1961-2) but he was always essentially a Hawthorn man.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

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