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When Callum Brown signed on with the Mansfield Eagles for the 2025 season, his acquisition was seen as a huge coup for a club looking to get back into contention in the Goulburn Valley League.

Having played 70 AFL games for the Magpies, after being drafted in the second round of the 2016 National Draft, and having won the VFL's Best & Fairest while playing for the Box Hill Hawks in 2023, there were absolutely no questions about Brown's talent and his footballing pedigree upon his signing for the Eagles.

Brown fitted in and adapted at once.

His scintillating form in 2025 was rewarded with the Morrison Medal for the GVL's Best & Fairest and an equal share (with Nick Gray) of the club's Best & Fairest.

His Morrison Medal win is the first time the league's B&F medal has come to the Eagles' nest since Trent Hotton brought it home in 2007.

Brown won the award despite the fact he missed three games and three chances to gain votes over the course of the year.

His slick skills and wealth of footy IQ helped the Eagles play the sensational footy that saw them not only return to the finals but go deep before narrowly missing out on a spot at the big dance.

While the B&F is something of a consolation prize for the club, Brown has just committed his playing future to the footy club, signing on for another year.

That represents a huge prize for the club as they look to go one step further in 2026.

Callum Brown is the August nominee for Mansfield's Sports Person of the Year.