Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- David John Brown
- Nickname(s)
- Burger
- Born
- Thursday, 5th December, 1957
- Current Age
- 68 years and 118 days
- Place Of Birth
- Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1984
- Test Series
- New Zealand vs Australia 1983
- State of Origin
- 1983, 1984
- City vs Country Firsts
- 1983
- Preseason Cup
- 1981
- Midweek Cup
- 1983
Biography
Former Brisbane Souths forward appeared in nine State of Origin matches during 1983-86 while playing for Sydney clubs Easts and Manly. A bruising, no-nonsense prop, Brown made his Test debut against NZ in 1983 before playing in the three-Test series against Great Britain the following year. He later took on a captain-coach position in Perth.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Brisbane Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Hull FC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Western Australia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| State of Origin | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Series | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL/BRL Premiership (NRL) | - | 94 | 4 | - | - | 14 | 61 | 31 | 2 | 64.89% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL/NSWRL/BRL Finals | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33.33% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Midweek Cup | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | ||||
| Club Career - UK | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| English Championship | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| Yorkshire Cup | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Lancashire Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| UK Top Division | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | ||||
| UK Second Division | - | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 31.25% | List | ||||
| UK Third Division | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7.14% | List | ||||
| Other | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| QRL | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 151 | 7 | - | - | 25 | 99 | 64 | 2 | 65.56% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1983-84 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Brisbane Firsts | 1979-80 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% | List | ||||
| QLD Firsts | 1979 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| QLD | 1983-86 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1983 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| WA Firsts | 1990 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1979-1990 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 47.62% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL/BRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1981 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 61.90% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1982 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRFL 1983 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 81.82% | List | ||||
| Manly | NSWRL 1984 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1985 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 6 | 1 | 41.67% | List | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1986 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Redcliffe | BRL 1987 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL/NSWRL/BRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1981-82, 1985-86 | 60 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| Manly | 1983-84 | 34 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 76.47% | List | ||||
| Redcliffe | 1987 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1981-1987 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 64 | 32 | 2 | 65.31% | List | ||||
English Career - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Hull | 1986/87 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Springfield | 1987/88 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Chorley | 1988/89 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Trafford | 1989/90 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Whitehaven | 1991/92 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Trafford | 1991/92 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.09% | List | ||||
| Blackpool | 1992/93 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
English Career - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Hull | 1986 | 8 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.50% | List | ||||
| Blackpool | 1987-89, 1991-92 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 20.69% | List | ||||
| Whitehaven | 1991 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1986-1993 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 22.50% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, AJ Lucantonio, Steven Russo, Max Turner, Tony McCarron, Michael Borg, Bill Bates, Tim Costello
Sources:
Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club
Your Say
17 Jun 2011 11:26am
In 1983 Brown was the Dally M Prop of the Year.
1 Jun 2018 8:56pm
I remember playing against this big bloke in the WARL in 1989,he was playing for the Belmont Steelers when I was playing for North Beach. Very hard to bring to the ground, had legs like tree trunks and very good upper body strength.
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