Clinton Browning is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL) and East Fremantle

East Fremantle Football Club

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 in the West Australian Football League

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 (WAFL).

Browning was a versatile key position player from Mingenew

Mingenew, Western Australia

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 and started out at East Fremantle as a full-forward. A Lynn Medalist in 1984, he was easily the most prominent forward in the 1985 WAFL Grand Final, with six goals, to help East Fremantle defeat Subiaco

Subiaco Football Club

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. The following year, Browning was recruited to Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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 but couldn't break into the team and returned home.

Despite being aged 27, Browning was signed by West Coast in 1989 and finally got his chance to play VFL football. He had just eight disposals on debut against North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

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 but kicked two goals the following round against Brisbane

Brisbane Bears

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 at Carrara. After playing in a loss to Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

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, Browning didn't return for five weeks, when he kicked two goals at Subiaco Oval against Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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.

After being delisted, he continued his WAFL career but mostly in the new role of full-back, a position in which he starred in the 1992 premiership team and won the Simpson Medal

Simpson Medal

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. He represented Western Australia at interstate football on three occasions.