Brighton Diggins

Brighton Diggins

Infobox afl player | firstname = Brighton
lastname = Diggins




birthdate = 26 December 1906
birthplace =
heightweight = 183cm, 96 kg
originalteam = Subiaco
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate =
debutteam = South Melbourne
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Total - 96 Games, 27 Goals
South Melbourne (1932-36)
* 65 games, 21 goal
Carlton (1938 - 1940)
* 31 games, 6 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 1940
careerhighlights =

Brighton Diggins (born 26 December 1906) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Diggins started his career with South Melbourne and won a premiership with them in just his second season. He moved Carlton Football Club at the start of the 1938 season where he became captain-coach and led his side to a grand final win. He was forced to retire from the game at the onset of World War II.

External links

* [http://www.blueseum.org/cfc/tiki-index.php?page=Brighton+Diggins Brighton Diggins] at [http://www.blueseum.org Blueseum]
*AflRleague|ref=B/Brighton_Diggins.html


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