Brian Walsh (footballer, born 1951)

Brian Thomas Walsh (24 April 1951 – 9 August 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s.

From Sandhurst, Walsh had his best year in 1973 when he won Carlton's Best Clubman Award and topped their goalkicking with 60 goals, including a bag of eight against South Melbourne at Lake Oval.

He was a rover in the 1973 Grand Final but finished on the losing team.

Brian Walsh died on 9 August 2023 after a long battle with an illness.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1950s is a stub.