Neil Brunton

Neil Brunton
Neil Brunton
Personal information
Date of birth	3 January 1969 (age 51)
Original team(s)	Holroyd-Parramatta Blacktown
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated November 14, 2020

Neil Brunton (born 3 January 1969) is a former Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL). He was plucked from the Sydney AFL competition during the middle of the 1991 season where he was playing with Holroyd-Parramatta Blacktown to make his debut against Geelong in Round 4 at Kardinia Park.

After playing 71 matches for the Swans, Neil was captain-coach of the Campbelltown Football Club leading them to the 1999 Sydney AFL premiership. After a break from coaching, Neil returned to coach Campbelltown at the start of the 2013 season.^[1]

Post-AFL

Neil Brunton is currently a primary school teacher at Newington College in Stanmore, NSW.

He is also in a coaching position with the Sydney Swans Academy.

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References

↑ http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-1047-26748-0-0&sID=59789&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=21665792

Neil Brunton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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v t e New South Wales team – 1992 State of Origin (Australian rules football)
New South Wales 22.9 (141) defeated Queensland 6.12 (48), at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 May 1992
Barich Brownless Brunton Carroll Coleman A. Daniher T. Daniher Gayfer Gray Higgins Holmes Kelly Lawson Longmire Neill Nettelbeck Page Powell Thompson Toohey Werner Wheeler
Coach: Buckenara

v t e New South Wales-ACT team – 1993 State of Origin (Australian rules football)
Victoria 19.16 (130) defeated New South Wales-ACT 8.17 (65), at the MCG, 1 June 1993, crowd: 22,409
New South Wales	Brownless Brunton Carey (c) Coleman Crawford A. Daniher C. Daniher Gayfer Kelly (vc) Lawson Longmire Morris Murphy Powell Roberts Toohey Wheeler
Australian Capital Territory	Allison Barich Hird Neill Pyke
Coach: T. Daniher (NSW)

Neil Brunton
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-01-03) 3 January 1969 (age 51)
Original team(s)	Holroyd-Parramatta Blacktown
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1991–1995	Sydney Swans	71 (10)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1995.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com