Playing mainly as a wingman, he also represented Western Australia in 16 interstate matches, and later coached the East Perth Football Club between 1983 and 1986, before dying in 1993 at the age of 46 from a heart attack.
Born in Carlisle, Western Australia,[1] Brehaut played with local junior teams before making his senior debut for Perth in 1965, subsequently winning consecutive premierships with the club in 1966, 1967, and 1968.
He represented Western Australia several times, and was named in the All-Australian team after the 1969 Australian National Football Carnival, held in Adelaide.
After captain-coaching amateur side Wanneroo to four consecutive premierships in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA),[3] Brehaut was appointed coach of East Perth in 1983 and held the position until 1986; however, this was during a period when the club, which in terms of winning percent had been the most successful in the WANFL since 1956, was finding its traditional recruiting base becoming less productive and they played in the finals only once.
[4] After seven round in which the Royals had surrendered several large leads, the club board sacked him arguing that he was schooling the club in how to lose matches;[5] however, the crisis, with the Royals' seconds having won five games out of seven, also claimed seconds coach Ian McCulloch, training co-ordinator Bruce Sinclair and reserves manager Gary Gillespie.