Todd Breman
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Todd George Breman is a former cricketer
and Australian rules football
er.
during the 1985/1986 season as a medium pace bowler. He played 10 first-class
matches and five List A matches over three seasons.
He had played cricket in the summer and football in the winter with the Subiaco Football Club
, before pursuing a full-time career in Australian rules football
in the Victorian Football League (now AFL).
in the WAFL
and leading their goalscoring in 1987 and 1988, Breman was drafted in the 1988 VFL Draft
to the West Coast Eagles
. Debuting with the club in 1989, he played two seasons in the VFL/AFL before being cut.
After a year out of the AFL he was selected by the Richmond Football Club
in 1992 before his AFL career ended after the 1993 season.
Breman was widely regarded as one of the longest kickers of an Australian rules football to have played the game. In 1991, Kevin Sheedy described him as the best footballer outside of the AFL.
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
and 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.
Cricket career
Breman debuted for Western AustraliaWestern Warriors
The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...
during the 1985/1986 season as a medium pace bowler. He played 10 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches and five List A matches over three seasons.
He had played cricket in the summer and football in the winter with the Subiaco Football Club
Subiaco Football Club
The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...
, before pursuing a full-time career in 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...
in the Victorian Football League (now AFL).
Football career
After playing with the Subiaco Football ClubSubiaco Football Club
The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...
in the WAFL
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...
and leading their goalscoring in 1987 and 1988, Breman was drafted in the 1988 VFL Draft
1988 VFL Draft
The 1988 VFL National Draft was the third annual National draft held by the Victorian Football League . It consisted of a pre-season draft and a national draft....
to 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...
. Debuting with the club in 1989, he played two seasons in the VFL/AFL before being cut.
After a year out of the AFL he was selected by the Richmond Football Club
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
in 1992 before his AFL career ended after the 1993 season.
Breman was widely regarded as one of the longest kickers of an Australian rules football to have played the game. In 1991, Kevin Sheedy described him as the best footballer outside of the AFL.