David_Brine_(footballer)
David Brine (footballer)
Australian rules footballer
David Brine (born 4 April 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Brine, an East Ringwood recruit, made three league appearances for Collingwood, as a 20-year-old in the 1980 VFL season.[1][2] For the rest of the decade he played at Preston in the Victorian Football Association. He was a member of Preston's 1983 and 1984 premiership teams. In the 1983 Grand Final he filled in as captain, due to Ray Shaw being ruled out with an injury.[3][4] He held the captaincy full-time from 1985 to 1988, under coach Peter Weightman;[5] and he served as captain of the Association representative team from 1985.[6]