Place of birth Brisbane, QLD Position Centre half-forward | Height / weight 174 cm | |
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Date of birth (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 24) Original team(s) Logan Cobras (JAFC)
Darebin Falcons (VWFL) Draft Marquee player signing 2016: Western Bulldogs
No. 22, 2013 women's draft Debut Round 1, 2017, Western Bulldogs
vs. Fremantle, at VU Whitten Oval Profiles | ||
Katie Brennan (born 2 October 1992) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL Women's competition. Brennan was signed as a marquee player for the club ahead of the inaugural AFL Women's season in 2017.
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Junior and amateur career
Born in Queensland to Victorian parents, Brennan began playing football with her father and brothers at the age of four. Her first game of competitive football came when she filled in for her brother's under eight side at just six years of age. She kicked seven goals on debut and continued to play with the Logan Cobras boys through to the age of fifteen.
From there, Brennan moved to the youth girls league before moving again into the Queensland Women's League a year later. She played for and captained the Queensland under 18 side between 2007 and 2010.
Brennan moved to Melbourne ahead of the 2013 season, where she began playing for the Darebin Falcons in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL).
Brennan was drafted twenty-second overall by the Western Bulldogs in the 2013 women's draft and played for the club's representative side in exhibition matches through to 2016. Brennan was the winner of the Susan Alberti Award for the Western Bulldogs's best female player at the end of the 2015 exhibition season.
AFL Women's career
In July 2016, Brennan signed with the Western Bulldogs as one of their two marquee players ahead of the AFL Women's inaugural season. In January 2017, she was announced as the inaugural captain of the Bulldogs.
Other work
Outside of football, Brennan owns and operates her own strength and conditioning business, kb.performance.