Dermott Hugh Brereton was born on 19 August 1964 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
32 Facts About Dermott Brereton
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Dermott Brereton represented Victoria in State of Origin matches, and both played for and coached Australia in the International Rules Series.
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Dermott Brereton was recognised for his on-field achievements when he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Dermott Brereton has since become a respected member of the football media, working for various TV and radio stations in Melbourne covering the AFL as a commentator and analyst.
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Brereton's parents, Dermott Joseph Brereton and Jean Nancy Austin, were both born in Dublin and emigrated to Australia.
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Dermott Brereton featured on the cover of the Inside the Battle of '89 DVD in a memorable-moment pose after recovering from a solid Mark Yeates shirtfront.
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Dermott Brereton, nicknamed "The Kid", played most of his career in the centre half forward position at the Hawthorn Football Club, where he formed part of a potent forward line that included champion players such as Jason Dunstall.
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Dermott Brereton had a reputation as a tough player, and as a big-game performer was an important player in a number of Hawthorn's grand final teams during the 1980s.
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Dermott Brereton was known for his bustling style and strong marking abilities and off-the-ball scuffles.
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Dermott Brereton won Hawthorn's best-and-fairest award in 1985 and was the team's leading goalkicker in the same year.
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Dermott Brereton's targeting of other players by this method led to the charging rule being instigated to protect players whose intention was to focus on the ball.
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Dermott Brereton ran through Essendon's three-quarter-time huddle, much to the surprise of the Bomber players, causing a scuffle to break out.
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Dermott Brereton, fuming, ran through Essendon's huddle as an act of retaliation.
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In one of the toughest grand finals in the league's history, Dermott Brereton was lined up at the centre bounce by Geelong Football Club's Mark Yeates and hit with a solid shirtfront.
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Dermott Brereton began to vomit before jogging back into the play.
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Dermott Brereton walked out on Hawthorn in October 1993 following a pay dispute, stating that the offer made by the club insulted him.
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Dermott Brereton infamously stomped on Hawthorn player Rayden Tallis's head while Tallis was on the ground in a pre-season game, earning him a seven-match suspension.
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Dermott Brereton received another seven-week suspension in that same year when Richmond's Tony Free had his jaw broken with an alleged karate chop.
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Dermott Brereton was delisted at the end of the 1994 season.
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Dermott Brereton played a handful of games before going into playing retirement proper at the conclusion of the season.
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Dermott Brereton is a member of the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Hall of Fame.
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From quite early in his playing career, Dermott Brereton pursued media appearances in anticipation of joining the media full-time when he retired.
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Dermott Brereton was one of the original panellists when the long-running AFL Footy Show began in 1994, and he wrote in The Age.
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Dermott Brereton continued to be a regular panellist for The AFL Footy Show.
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In 2004, Dermott Brereton hosted The Run Home radio show on Melbourne AM radio station SEN 1116 with Anthony Hudson and Matthew Hardy, but he left due to a payment dispute.
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In 2006, Dermott Brereton was sacked from Triple M due to low ratings.
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In 2007, Dermott Brereton rejoined 1116 SEN to broadcast football, the same station he left two years earlier.
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In 2007, Dermott Brereton started as a presenter on Channel 9's Getaway, a tourism and travel TV show, which was a position he held until 2011.
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Dermott Brereton featured in a minor role in the critically panned 2002 film Trojan Warrior.
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Dermott Brereton has been a voice-over commentator for the AFL video game series since 2002.
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Dermott Brereton competed in the 5th season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity.
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Dermott Brereton was eliminated on 5 February 2019 and finished in tenth place.