years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1956-1963 hawthorn 1963 brendan edwards sandhurst 18 march 1936 brendan edwards
 178 cm , 75 kg
brendan edwards

brendan edwards -lrb- born 18 march 1936 is a former australian rules football footballer who played for hawthorn in the victorian football league vfl from 1956 to 1961 and again in the 1963 season .
he won their best and fairest award in 1960 and represented victoria at interstate football in the same season .
after he was seriously injured and he retired as a player in 1963 , he founded a chain of health clubs in melbourne and pioneered the concept of aerobic fitness in australia .
