Brewer played a combined total of 171 senior games for Collingwood, Claremont and Norwood.
This tally included six goals in the Queen's Birthday clash against Melbourne, in front of a record crowd of 99,346.
After spending the 1962 season with St Kilda, where he was unable to break into a strong senior team, Brewer moved to Perth and joined Claremont.
Brewer transferred to Norwood in 1965, topping the SANFL goal-kicking records that same year.
Between stints at Norwood, Brewer was captain-coach of Wangaratta Rovers in the Ovens & Murray Football League.