Brian Adamson
Brian Ronald Adamson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for West Perth in the West Australian National Football League and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League. Playing primarily as a centre-half forward, he was part of West Perth's 1975 premiership team and featured in Norwood's one‑point win in the 1978 SANFL [Grand Final].
Early career
Adamson made his WAFL senior debut for West Perth in 1975 and played in their Grand Final victory that year. He became a key forward for the team and finished as the club's leading goalkicker in 1977.Norwood (1978–1979)
Before the 1978 season, Adamson transferred to Norwood following a landmark legal dispute in the Supreme Court that upheld his right to move across state borders—a decision regarded as a restraint-of-trade case in the football context.He debuted for Norwood in Round 15, 1978, and went on to play 20 league games, kicking 50 goals across the 1978 and 1979 seasons. In the 1978 SANFL Grand Final—played in Norwood's centenary year before a crowd of 50,867—he kicked five goals as Norwood overcame Sturt by a point in one of SANFL's most dramatic comebacks.