Brian Coleman | |
Fullname: | Brian Coleman |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1932 |
Death Place: | Melbourne |
Originalteam: | Cobden |
Height: | 182 cm |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Statsend: | 1953 |
Years1: | 1952–1953 |
Club1: | Essendon |
Games Goals1: | 10 (0) |
Brian Coleman (21 May 1932 – 9 December 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Coleman, a half back, started his career at Cobden.[1] From there he joined Essendon and played five games in both the 1952 and 1953 VFL seasons.[2] He left Essendon in 1954 and returned to the Ballarat Football League, signing with Maryborough.[3]
In 1961 he won the Ballarat Football League's best and fairest award.
He died in 1966, aged 34, in an accident at a gymnasium.[4] A police constable, he had attempted a somersault from a spring board and received cervical injuries when he landed badly. He died on the way to the hospital.[5]