| Brian Walsh | |
| Fullname: | Brian James Walsh |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1934 |
| Originalteam: | Ormond Amateur |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 73 kg |
| Statsend: | 1964 |
| Years1: | 1956–1964 |
| Club1: | St Kilda |
| Games Goals1: | 131 (0) |
Brian James Walsh (25 October 1934 – 19 August 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Walsh started his career as a centreman, with Ormond Amateurs, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.[1] [2] He was recruited to the VFL by St Kilda coach Alan Killigrew, who had coached Walsh when he was a junior with CBC St Kilda.[2]
At St Kilda he played in the back pocket, forming a strong defence, which had two Brownlow Medal winners, Neil Roberts and Verdun Howell.[2] Roberts has been quoted saying Walsh was the best player in the back six.[2]
His 131 league games, between 1956 and 1964, included two finals.[3]
Walsh didn't kick a goal for St Kilda, although he did manage a goal for an opposition team.[1] [2] The goal came when St Kilda were playing Carlton at Junction Oval, in the fourth round of the 1958 season.[2] [3] Due to the pressure from Carlton players, Walsh rushed a kick, which went through the opposition's goal posts.[2] Normally this would be a behind, but the field umpire Bill Barbour gave the all-clear for the goal umpire to signal a goal, despite not having had clear vision of the kick.[2] [4] In newspaper scorecards, Walsh was listed as one of Carlton's goal-kickers, but records now give the goal to Carlton rover Doug Beasy.[2] [5] [6]
He played for the Cobram Football Club after leaving St Kilda.[7]