| Ted Brown | |
| Fullname: | Edward Valentine Brown |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Bendigo |
| Death Place: | Parkville, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | South Ballarat/Caulfield Jnrs |
| Height: | 173 cm |
| Weight: | 68 kg |
| Position: | Half back/Wing |
| Statsend: | 1920 |
| Years1: | 1911 |
| Club1: | St Kilda |
| Games Goals1: | 4 (1) |
| Years2: | 1914–20 |
| Club2: | Carlton |
| Games Goals2: | 95 (1) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 99 (2) |
Edward Valentine Brown (18 October 1891 – 8 December 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Mungo Brown (1861-1911),[1] and Margaret Ann Brown (1863-1933), née Peel,[2] Edward Valentine Brown was born in Bendigo on 18 October 1891.
He married Lucy Catherine Miller (1891-1980) in 1921. Their sons, Vincent (1922-1989), and John (1923-2007), also played for Carlton (117 games and 90 games, respectively).
Ted Brown played with Ararat Football Club in 1911–13, 18 games, including premierships in the 1911 and 1912 Wimmera & District Football Association.He played with Ararat on Wednesdays and in Ballarat on Saturdays.
Brown, who was brought up in Ballarat, was recruited to St Kilda from Caulfield. He couldn't establish a place in the St Kilda team and left at the year's end.
He returned to the VFL in 1914, joining Carlton, and was a wingman in their 1914 premiership team, and a half-back flanker in their 1915 premiership team (his son, Vin Brown, was also a dual premiership player for Carlton).
He was captain-coach of the Yarragon Football Club, in the Central Gippsland Football Association, in 1921, 1922, and 1923; the team won the premiership in 1921.[3]
He was appointed captain-coach of Maffra Football Club in 1924.[4]
He was cleared from Maffra to Traralgon in 1925,[5] and played in Traralgon's 1925 premiership team.[6] He played for Traralgon for four years – 1925 to 1928 – and was the team's captain-coach of the team in 1928.[7]
He was cleared from Traralgon to Yea in 1930.[8]
He joined the First AIF in January 1916, and was discharged on medical grounds in March 1917. He did not serve overseas.
He died in Parkville, Victoria on 8 December 1957.[9]