Oliver Hayes-Brown Explained

Oliver Hayes-Brown
Fullname:Oliver Harry Hayes-Brown
Birth Date:2000 4, df=yes[1]
Draftpick:2024 AFL rookie draft
Position:Ruck
Guernsey:47
Height:208 cm
Weight:114 kg
Years1:2024 -
Games Goals1:0 (0)
Statsend:round 11, 2024 season

Oliver Harry Hayes-Brown (born 28 April 2000) is an Australian sportsman who currently plays Australian rules football with the Richmond Football Club. He previously played basketball, playing one season of college basketball for the UC Riverside Highlanders before spending two seasons as a development player with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In 2023, he changed codes and joined the Richmond Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) as a category B rookie.

Early life

Hayes-Brown grew up in Melbourne, Victoria, where he attended Peninsula Grammar.[2] He played basketball for the Dandenong Rangers as a junior and was a member of an Australian U19 national team.

Basketball career

Position:Center
High School:Peninsula Grammar
(Melbourne, Victoria)
College:UC Riverside (2020–2021)
Draft Year:2022
Career Start:2017
Career End:2023
Years1:2017
Team1:Frankston Blues
Years2:2018–2019; 2021
Team2:Dandenong Rangers
Years3:2021–2023
Team3:Perth Wildcats
Years4:2022
Team4:Willetton Tigers
Years5:2023
Team5:Keilor Thunder

Early years

Hayes-Brown debuted for the Frankston Blues of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 2017. He continued on in the SEABL in 2018 with the Dandenong Rangers, and then played for the Rangers in 2019 in the inaugural NBL1 season.[3]

College

After redshirting the 2019–20 season, Hayes-Brown made his college basketball debut for the UC Riverside Highlanders in the 2020–21 season. In 20 games, he averaged 3.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

NBL1 and Perth Wildcats

After returning to Australia, Hayes-Brown played for the Dandenong Rangers in the 2021 NBL1 South season,[4] where he averaged 19.6 points and 13.3 rebounds in 12 games.

In October 2021, Hayes-Brown signed with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL) as a development player for two seasons.[5] In the 2021–22 NBL season, he totalled eight points and twelve rebounds in eight games.

For the 2022 NBL1 West season, Hayes-Brown joined the Willetton Tigers.[6] In seven games, he averaged 23.0 points, 15.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[7]

Hayes-Brown re-joined the Wildcats for the 2022–23 NBL season as a development player.[8] He totalled eight points and seven rebounds in five games.

Hayes-Brown joined the Keilor Thunder for the 2023 NBL1 South season.[9] In 22 games, he averaged 14.59 points, 8.23 rebounds and 1.09 assists per game.[10]

Football career

On 6 September 2023, Hayes-Brown signed with the Richmond Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) as a category B rookie.[11] [12] [13]

He made his first appearance for Richmond in a practice match against on 9 March 2024, wearing the number 39 and kicking one goal.[14] [15]

Richmond allowed him to develop his ruck craft at the local level instead of the Victorian Football League (VFL), initially playing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for Old Ivanhoe in the Premier B division.[16] In June 2024, he was recalled from the VAFA and debuted for Richmond's VFL side against .[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oliver Harry HAYES-BROWN. fiba.basketball. 1 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Oliver Hayes-Brown. gohighlanders.com. 1 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Oliver Hayes-Brown. australiabasket.com. 1 September 2022. subscription.
  4. Web site: Hayes-Brown and Eales Riding With Us For 2021 NBL1 Season. dandenongbasketball.com.au. 29 April 2021. 1 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Wildcats add size and youth in Oliver Hayes-Brown. wildcats.com.au. 29 October 2021. 1 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Oliver Hayes-Brown Announcement. willettonbasketball.com.au. 20 July 2022. 30 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Oliver Hayes-Brown – 2022 Stats. NBL1.com.au. 30 November 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20221130142927/https://nbl1.com.au/player/8806f355-7426-11ec-8af0-e77784f2edff/7fdd3aa8-9b8c-11eb-a30c-6efaa2ba8736/oliver-hayesbrown/west. 30 November 2022.
  8. Web site: Pitman. Kane. NBL Free Agency: Every team's roster and their No.1 priority analysed. espn.com. 18 May 2022. 30 August 2022.
  9. Web site: BEST MULLET IN THE WEST COMING SOUTH!. facebook.com/keilorbasketball. 15 December 2022. 16 December 2022.
  10. Web site: Oliver Hayes-Brown – 2023 Stats. NBL1.com.au. 31 August 2023. live. https://archive.today/20230831093516/https://nbl1.com.au/player/111f8f44-70a7-11ed-aae6-2d98d9fac4b4/7fdd3aa8-9b8c-11eb-a30c-6efaa2ba8736/oliver-hayesbrown/south. 31 August 2023.
  11. Web site: Sutton. Ben. Richmond sign 208cm, 114kg basketballer Oliver Hayes-Brown as a Category B rookie. 7news.com.au. 31 August 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230831095021/https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-sign-208cm-114kg-basketballer-oliver-hayes-brown-as-a-category-b-rookie-c-11757847. 31 August 2023.
  12. Web site: O'Donoghue. Craig. Ollie Hayes-Brown: 208cm giant switches codes from Perth Wildcats basketballer to Richmond AFL-listed player. The West Australian. 31 August 2023. dead. https://archive.today/20230831094157/https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/ollie-hayes-brown-208cm-giant-switches-codes-from-perth-wildcats-basketballer-to-richmond-afl-listed-player-c-11758233. 31 August 2023.
  13. Web site: Oliver Hayes-Brown joins Richmond. richmondfc.com.au. 6 September 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230906055547/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1424015/oliver-hayes-brown-joins-richmond. 6 September 2023.
  14. Web site: El-Houli . Zakariya . Squad for third VFL practice match confirmed . Richmond Football Club . 21 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240721051908/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1502434/squad-for-third-vfl-practice-match-confirmed . 21 July 2024 . 7 March 2024 . Oliver Hayes-Brown 39.
  15. Web site: First goal in the Yellow and Black for Oliver Hayes-Brown . Twitter . Richmond VFL . 21 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240721051524/https://archive.md/mGqAu . 21 July 2024 . 9 March 2024.
  16. Web site: Keating. Mitch. The two AFL-listed ruckmen currently playing local footy. zerohanger.com.au. 6 May 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240526094737/https://www.zerohanger.com/the-two-afl-listed-ruckmen-currently-playing-local-footy-150318/. 26 May 2024.
  17. Web site: Hayes-Brown to feature for Richmond VFL. richmondfc.com.au. 6 June 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240606115829/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1572346/hayes-brown-to-feature-for-richmond-vfl. 6 June 2024.