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Key Facts

Full name
Brendon Doyle Bermingham

Known as
Brem Bermingham

Nickname
Brem

Born
26 May 1914

Died
10 December 1975 (aged 61)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 30y 36d
Last game: 30y 92d

Height and weight
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 91 kg

Senior clubs
Claremont; St. Kilda

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 31

Recruited from
Mines Rovers (1936); Claremont (1944)

Brem Bermingham

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
ClaremontWANFL1936, 1938-193949270.55—————
St. KildaV/AFL1944810.1325%———0
Total1936, 1938-1939, 194457280.49—————

AFL: 5,353rd player to appear, 8,844th most games played, 9,087th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 843rd player to appear, 927th most games played, 1,009th most goals kicked

A product of famous goldfields club Mines Rovers, talented half forward Brendon 'Brem' Bermingham gave good service to Claremont in 49 games in 1936 and 1938-9. He totalled 59 goals. In 1937 and for part of the 1938 season he played back at Mines Rovers. His career highlights included representing Western Australia in a win over South Australia at Subiaco Oval in 1936, and playing in the Monts’ 1939 premiership-winning team.

In 1944, while stationed in Melbourne during his military service, Bermingham played eight games and kicked one goal for St Kilda in the VFL.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

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