Michael Brennan

DOB

19/1/1965

Height

187 cm

Weight

92 kg

Junior club

East Fremantle

Arrived

Foundation signing in 1986

Number

14

Debut

Round 1 1987 vs Richmond
(4th Eagles player)

Games

179

Goals

20

Honours

Premiership medals (1992, 1994)
Best Clubman (1995)
Team 20 selection (2006)

B&F Top 10

6 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994)

Best Finish

3rd (1990)

Last app.

Semi Final 1995 vs North Melbourne

Departed

Retired at the end of the 1995 season

Other clubs

East Fremantle (WAFL) 1985-1995

A dour and reliable defender from East Fremantle, Monkey Brennan was a mainstay at fullback during the Eagles’ formative years alongside John Worsfold and Guy McKenna.

West Coast career[]

An inaugural squad member, Brennan served as Worsfold’s vice captain during the early 1990s. He was there for all of West Coast’s big moments: the inaugural win over Richmond, the lost Grand Final in 1991, the breakthrough premiership victory in 1992 and the follow-up in 1994.

Brennan retired following the 1995 season. At the time, his 179 games was a club record. He was honoured by being selected at full-back in the West Coast Team of the Decade in 1996 and in a back pocket alongside premiership teammate Ashley McIntosh in Team 20 in 2006.

Post VFL/AFL career[]

Brennan works as a mortgage broker. In 2011 he was named as the club's number 1 ticket-holder. At the same time his son Jacob joined the playing squad as the first “true” father-son selection in West Coast history (though others such as McIntosh and Ben Cousins were selected based on their father’s WAFL careers).

Stats[]

AFL	Gm	G	B	K	M	H	D	T	WAFL	Gm	G
1987	21	3	5	192	52	49	241	19	EF	0
1988	18	1	4	136	44	52	188	18		1	0
1989	16	2	4	148	48	52	200	212		0
1990	25	3	1	167	57	94	261	23		0
1991	24	3	0	175	55	61	236	21		0
1992	16	3	2	90	25	52	142	17		1	2
1993	20	1	1	167	61	75	242	33		1	0
1994	23	2	1	144	67	62	206	22		0
1995	16	2	1	101	41	48	149	12		0
Tot	179	20	19	1320	450	545	1865	177
Avg		0.1		7.4	2.5	3.0	10.4	1.0