Debut: Round 1, 1987 v Richmond
Games: 179
Achievements: Premiership player 1992, 1994; best clubman 1995; selected in West Coast Eagles Team of the Decade and Team 20; top 10 in Club Champion Award six times; retired as club games record holder
If evidence of team success rather than individual glory is the pinnacle of a sporting career, then Michael Brennan is the embodiment of that maxim.
Six times in his career Brennan figured in the top 10 in the Club Champion Award, his third position in 1990 being his highest finish. In 179 games, he retired as the club games record holder, and he earned a reputation as a dour, mean defender.
Throughout his career, Brennan received just three votes in the Brownlow Medal, yet he would have been among the first selected in the team for the duration.
A measure of his standing was that he was selected in a back pocket in East Fremantle’s team of the century.
Brennan was also a significant character in the formative years of young captain John Worsfold, performing the role of his deputy until retiring at the end of the 1995 season.
