Brian Milnes

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Brian Milnes
Personal information
Full name Brian Milnes
Date of birth (1932-03-12) 12 March 1932 (age 86)
Original team(s) Caulfield Grammar
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1952–55 St Kilda 22 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Milnes (born 12 March 1932) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

St Kilda Football Club Australian rules football club

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club plays in the Australian Football League, the sport's premier league.

Australian Football League Australian rules football competition

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Milnes is the father-in-law of Mark Lisle and grandfather of Jordan Lisle. [2]

Mark Lisle is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Following his VFL career, he played five seasons with Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association, captaining the club from 1991 until 1993 and being named on the interchange bench in the club's Team of the Century.

Jordan Lisle is an Australian rules footballer with Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He previously played with the Brisbane Lions and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 614. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ Kelly, J. (14 September 2017). "85yo great-grandpa beats Herald Sun’s 30 footy tipping experts". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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