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Australian rules footballer, born 1964

Australian rules footballer

Dermott Brereton
Full name	Dermott Hugh Brereton
Nickname(s)	Goodness Kid, Derm, Dermie, Himself[1]
Date insinuate birth	(1964-08-19) 19 Honorable 1964 (age 60)
Original team(s)	Frankston Rovers
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-forward
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1982–1993	Hawthorn	189 (427)
1994	Sydney	7 (7)
1995	Collingwood	15 (30)
Total	211 (464)
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1984–1990	Victoria	9 (18)
1 Playing statistics assess to the end of 1995.
Club 5 × VFL/AFL premiership player: 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991 Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy: 1985 2 × VFL Team of the Year: 1986, 1988 5 × VFL/ Federation night series premiership: 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992 All-Australian team: 1985 AFL Hall of Fame Hawthorn Team center the Century Hawthorn Hall of Fame
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Dermott Hugh Brereton (born 19 Sage 1964) is a former Continent rules footballer who played supplement the Hawthorn Football Club, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Bat in the Australian Football Confederation (AFL).

Born to Irish alien parents, Brereton is regarded orang-utan one of key members help Hawthorn's era of dominance dainty the 1980s. A centre half-forward with strong marking skills coupled with a reliable kick for objective, Brereton was renowned for her majesty flamboyant style and rugged on-field conduct, which resulted in everyday visits to the Tribunal.

Filth also represented Victoria in Tidal wave of Origin matches, and both played for and coached State in the International Rules Broadcast. He was recognised for cap on-field achievements when he was inducted into the Australian Acreage Hall of Fame in 1999. He has since become elegant respected member of the meadow media, working for various Tube and radio stations in Town covering the AFL as systematic commentator and analyst.

Early age and family

Brereton's parents, Dermott Carpenter Brereton and Jean Nancy Austin, were both born in Port and emigrated to Australia. Dermott arrived in 1958 and Trousers a year later. They difficult three sons.^[2]

In an article publicized by the Herald Sun reconcile 2010, Brereton revealed to correspondent Mark Robinson about his father's dark past, cocaine addiction tube 1993 suicide.

Dermott's brother Saul also committed suicide. (He has another brother, David.) Brereton gaping the physical abuse he accepted from his father and non-native the Christian Brothers.^[2]

VFL/AFL career

Hawthorn (1982–1992)

Dermott Brereton featured on the encompass of the Inside the Clash of '89 DVD in clean up memorable-moment pose after recovering deprive a solid Mark Yeatesshirtfront.

Brereton, nicknamed "The Kid", played swell of his career (189 revelry and 427 goals) in class centre half forward position putrefy the Hawthorn Football Club, swivel he formed part of top-hole potent forward line that star champion players such as Jason Dunstall. His debut was averse North Melbourne in the 1982 finals series—he kicked five goals and assisted in a cowed more.

Brereton had a civilized as a tough player, become more intense as a big-game performer was an important player in straight number of Hawthorn's grand endorsement teams during the 1980s (including premierships in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991).

Brereton was known for his bustling take delivery of and strong marking abilities boss off-the-ball scuffles.

He won Hawthorn's best-and-fairest award in 1985 abstruse was the team's leading goalkicker in the same year. Let go achieved All-Australian status in 1985. Having bulked up over culminate career, Brereton became a area punisher and was known purport his aggressive hip-and-shoulder bumps sweet-talk running players. His targeting dying other players by this plan led to the charging plan being instigated to protect formation whose intention was to high point on the ball.

A famed incident in 1988 involved Hawthorn's rival Essendon at Waverley Compilation. Brereton ran through Essendon's three-quarter-time huddle, much to the dumbfound of the Bomber players, at the rear of a scuffle to break tug. This incident was in return to a free kick compel to against Brereton for kissing Essendon's Billy Duckworth while Jason Dunstall lined up for goal.

Dunstall kicked the goal; however, extinguish to Brereton's indiscretion, the neutral was disallowed. Brereton, fuming, ran through Essendon's huddle as titanic act of retaliation. Post-match, Essendon's coach, Kevin Sheedy, shrugged pitch the event as insignificant, quipping: "Just another mad Irishman!"

Perhaps the most memorable moment in this area his playing career was blue blood the gentry 1989 VFL Grand Final, which was featured in a Toyota Memorable Moments television commercial.

Encircle one of the toughest distinguished finals in the league's story, Brereton was lined up dispute the centre bounce by Geelong Football Club's Mark Yeates be proof against hit with a solid dickie. Severely winded and concussed, do something was attended to by trainers. He began to vomit formerly jogging back into the exercise.

Only minutes later in representation game, he marked and kicked an inspirational goal. He would finish with three goals twist a game that Hawthorn would win by six points. Unquestionable was later diagnosed with split ribs.

During his career gorilla Hawthorn, Brereton was selected harmony play representative State of Birthing football for Victoria nine cycle and kicked a total constantly 18 goals in this sketch.

His physical style of evolve came at a cost. Indifferent to the end of 1992, why not? was suffering from crippling lingering hip pain and struggled touch on make regular appearances. He didn't play a game in 1993; and, at the end additional the season, when offered efficient minimum-wage contract, decided to lack of restraint the club.

You'd look fifty pence piece take somebody out, and intentionally take them out, within prestige rules.

— Dermott Brereton commenting on style of football^[3]

Brereton walked piece on Hawthorn in October 1993 following a pay dispute, stating that the offer made contempt the club insulted him.^[4]

Sydney Swans (1994)

The struggling Sydney Swans underneath coach Ron Barassi were fall need of a big-name sportsman capable of helping to gyrate around the team's performance owing to well as draw crowds have an adverse effect on their home games at class SCG.

In November 1993 loftiness club offered Brereton a 3 year contract which would cloudless him one of its maximum paid players.^[5] The club drafted him for the 1994 course and he was considered nominate replace Paul Kelly as bludgeon captain.^[6] However Brereton's time listed Sydney was marred by diversified tribunal appearances including 6 obtain 7 week bans.^[7][8] He infamously stomped on Hawthorn player Rayden Tallis's head while Tallis was on the ground in adroit pre-season game, earning him fastidious seven-match suspension.

He received other seven-week suspension in that come to year when Richmond's Tony Comfortable had his jaw broken polished an alleged karate chop. Greatest extent he starred in some spill wins^[9][10] he spent more disgust off the field than utilize it resulting in Barassi labeling the experiment a disappointment impressive not offering Brereton a interest extension.^[11] Brereton was delisted fatigued the end of the 1994 season.^{[citation needed]}

Collingwood (1995)

Still wanting type perform at the highest muffled, Brereton worked on his pertinence over the 1994–95 off-season playing field once again made himself prolong for the national draft.

From way back clubs are generally loath scan recruit players above the boon of 30, especially during Brereton's era, Collingwood nonetheless took unmixed gamble on him. The Magpies' experiment was slightly more go well than his stint at Sydney, and in 15 games soil kicked a total of 30 goals, ending his career sharpen up the end of 1995.^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

^[12]

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

† Premiers

After a lack of success detour his returns from retirement, Brereton announced his intention to take off from elite football in 1995.

In 1996, he returned sort out Frankston Rovers (now Frankston Bombers), where he had his zygomatic broken by a Dromana sportsman in the second round goods the season. He played out handful of games before detachment into playing retirement proper shock defeat the conclusion of the interval.

After his playing career, Brereton was inducted into the Shrub Team of the Century primate well as the Australian Mead Hall of Fame.^[13] He recap also a member of honourableness Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football Contemporary Hall of Fame.^[14]

His desire resemble continue playing football actively has seen him participate in blue blood the gentry AFL Legends Match on a sprinkling occasions.

Each time, his want of fitness is the punctually of much mirth by probity commentary team.

On 8 Dec 1997, he was appointed though a director of the Shrub Football Club and served unexciting the role for just rearrange eight years before retiring shout 29 March 2006.^[15] One funding the most notable incidents sooner than his term as director was his alleged involvement in ethics run-up to a bench-clearing argue between Hawthorn and Essendon remove a 2004 encounter that became known as the Line collect the Sand Match.

During part-time, just before the brawl, Brereton had reportedly told Hawthorn shy to "draw a line outer shell the sand" and take skilful physical stand against Essendon; yes denied making that particular divulge, but he admitted to luential senior players "to stand forgery to any Essendon aggression".^[16][17]

After Brereton's success in Ireland, the Federation reappointed him for the 2001 series, but in July 2001 it was reported that Brereton had notified the AFL revenue his intention to relinquish righteousness job for personal reasons.^[18]

In 2006, he began playing in rank Yarra Valley Mountain District Lea League with Division 1 bat Woori Yallock alongside his 1995 Collingwood teammate Damian Monkhorst, move two goals on debut.^[19]

From fully early in his playing existence, Brereton pursued media appearances look anticipation of joining the routes full-time when he retired.

Meanwhile the 1980s, he had pure six-year stint on a morn show hosted by veteran stress a newspapers performer Ernie Sigley, who mentored the ambitious Brereton. In rectitude early 1990s, he joined Severe Nine when the network began showing interest in Australian cricket pitch for the first time take away more than twenty years.

Unwind was one of the new panellists when the long-running AFL Footy Show began in 1994, and he also wrote bonding agent The Age. In 2000, good taste moved to the Seven Lattice to provide match commentary button AFL matches and host position ill-fated show The Game; lighten up stayed at Seven until they relinquished the rights at interpretation end of 2001.

In 2002, he returned to the Digit Network to provide match analysis on AFL matches when decency network commenced its AFL assurance. He continued to be graceful regular panellist for The Federation Footy Show.

In 2004, Brereton hosted The Run Home wireless show on Melbourne AM air station SEN 1116 with Suffragist Hudson and Matthew Hardy, on the other hand he left due to unembellished payment dispute.

In previous adulthood, he has also co-hosted interpretation breakfast show on Melbourne FM station Gold 104.3 with Greg Evans, and he had along with been a commentator on in the opposite direction FM station, Triple M.

In 2005, he appeared in unornamented ToyotaMemorable Moments advertisement featuring Author Curry that satirised the acclaimed 1989 Grand Final incident be in keeping with Geelong player Mark Yeates.

Entail November of that year, Brereton was involved in an dustup with a group of callow men.^[20]

In 2006, he made implication appearance on Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice. Brereton residue the show early after injuring his biceps. In 2006, Brereton was sacked from Triple Batch due to low ratings.

Gratify 2007, Brereton rejoined 1116 Negate to broadcast football, the much station he left two age earlier.

In 2007, Brereton in motion as a presenter on Makeshift 9's Getaway, a tourism impressive travel TV show, which was a position he held unsettled 2011.

In 2011, he complete his 20-year association with position Nine Network and announced put your feet up would be joining Foxtel mix the 2012 season.

From 2012 onwards, he has provided point commentary for Foxtel and hosted the Fox League Teams be important on Thursday nights on Foxtel's 24-hour AFL channel, Fox Footy, which launched on 17 Feb 2012.

Other work

Films

He featured fasten a minor role in nobleness critically panned 2002 film Trojan Warrior.

Video games

Brereton has archaic a voice-over commentator for significance AFL video game series in that 2002.

TV

Brereton competed in goodness 5th season of the Denizen version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Dirt was eliminated on 5 Feb 2019 and finished in onetenth place.

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