Tom "Tobler" Brownlees was an 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 with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL).

Brownlees kicked 42 goals in his debut season and finished second in the Geelong goal-kicking to Percy Martini

Percy Martini

Percy Martini was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League .A Full Forward, from 1909 until 1919 he was Geelong's leading goalkicker in every season except 1915...

. Despite managing a more modest total of 25 goals in 1915, it was enough to finish as their leading goal-kicker. Also used as a fullback, Brownlees represented the VFL at the 1921 Perth Carnival

1921 Perth Carnival

The 1921 Perth Carnival was the fourth edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition...

.

An elder brother, Rupe, also played over 100 games for Geelong.