Horace Horton Brain (17 November 1885 – 22 March 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Horrie Brain
Personal information
Full name Horace Horton Brain
Date of birth (1885-11-17)17 November 1885
Place of birth Colebrook, Tasmania
Date of death 22 March 1966(1966-03-22) (aged 80)
Place of death Mount Nelson, Tasmania
Original team(s) North Hobart
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904–05 North Hobart
1906 Brisbane (QFL)
1907 St Kilda 11 (0)
1909–13 North Hobart
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1907.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He later served in World War I, serving mainly in France and suffering mustard gas poisoning in 1917.[2]

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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