Brian Prior (footballer)

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Brian Prior
Personal information
Full name Brian Prior
Date of birth(1938-09-13)13 September 1938
Date of death 27 November 2011(2011-11-27) (aged 73)
Original team(s) Braybrook
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1958–60 Footscray 13 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Prior (13 September 1938 – 27 November 2011) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]


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. 721. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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