Brent Crosswell

Brent Crosswell (born 8 August 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton, Melbourne and North Melbourne in a 222 game VFL career. He was a versatile player and thus played in a variety of positions throughout his career and averaged over a goal a game.

After being recruited from Northern Tasmanian club Campbell Town, Crosswell made his VFL debut in 1968 for Carlton. A solid debut season earned him Carlton's 'best first year player' award. They won the 1968 Grand Final by 3 points and Crosswell won another premiership two years later, starring in the famous 1970 Grand Final victory over Collingwood.

In 1975 he left Carlton and went to North Melbourne and play a crucial role during the club's golden period, adding two more premierships to his resume. Brent Crosswell's finals form cannot be faulted and he always featured in the best players list in all his Grand Finals appearances, expect in 1976 when he injured himself against Geelong in muddy conditions the previous week. Not be discounted, the selection committee at the club selected Crosswell in the 1976 Grand Final side and gave North Melbourne a needed boost, but this was only temporary as his endurance was waning and the injury prevented him to give 100% that he wanted to show. When Barassi decided to leave North Melbourne Football club, Crosswell moved to his third club, Melbourne, in 1980 and spent his final three seasons of football there, to end a career with one of the most Grand Final appearances by a player at the time: nine VFL Grand Finals.

External links

* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/co-cz.htm#Brent%20Crosswell%20(Carlton,%20North%20Melbourne,%20Melbourne) Crosswell Profile at Fullpointsfooty]