Not until they saw his name on the Brownlow Medal running sheet did the AFL hierarchy realise Angus Brayshaw would be breaking his self-imposed public silence.
Angus Brayshaw’s haunting performance at Monday night’s Brownlow Medal count put a human face not only on the complex relationship between contact sport and brain injuries but also upon the leadership void his forced retirement has left at the Melbourne Football Club.
Gawn voiced his disappointment that Brayshaw had ended his illustrious career carried off on a stretcher when he should have been chaired from the MCG some years later by teammates. Brayshaw’s departure came during a qualifying final against Collingwood, which Melbourne lost by seven points. In his absence a week later Carlton upset the Demons by two points, with the bad blood over the collision withThe near-unanimous view shared across the club is that Brayshaw was Melbourne’s next captain.
He was initially unwilling to speak at this year’s count after Seven approached him through his uncle James Brayshaw, a senior member of Seven’s commentary team. He has not spoken publicly since his enforced retirement, having struggled to come to terms with his new circumstances. “We’ve given him the ultimate space,” Goodwin said back in June. “It was a big shock to get that news. The trauma for him made being around the club and not being able to play his usual role too difficult. It didn’t quite pan out the way we had hoped so we’ve given him big space. I’m sad for Angus and we miss him. We miss his character, we miss his form, and we miss his personality.”
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