Bryan Cousins is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played over 300 games in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) and West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

 (WAFL) competitions.

Cousins played as a rover and stood at 175 centimetres in height. After playing in the WAFL between 1970 and 1974 for the Perth Football Club

Perth Football Club

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, he was recruited to the VFL to play with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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 where he made his debut in 1975. He went on to play 67 games for the club until 1979 when he returned to Perth. Cousins continued to play WAFL football until 1987. Cousins tied on votes for the 1983 Sandover Medal

Sandover Medal

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, but was beaten on a countback by John Ironmonger

John Ironmonger

John Ironmonger is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans and Fitzroy in the VFL/AFL.Ironmonger was a 200 cm ruckman and started his football career at East Perth in the WAFL. He made his debut in 1980 and won a Sandover Medal for his efforts in the 1983 season...

; in 1997, the WAFL awarded him a retrospective Sandover Medal. In his two stints at Perth, Cousins played 238 games.

Cousins is married to Stephanie and has four children, including former West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

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 and Richmond

Richmond Football Club

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 player and Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

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list Ben Cousins

Ben Cousins

Benjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....

 (who was recruited by West Coast under the father-son rule

Father-son rule

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. Cousins is also a successful harness racing

Harness racing

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 trainer and Group One owner, winning the Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire (harness race)

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with Innocent Eyes.