Brown suffered a horrific facial injury in the first game of the 2011 season against Fremantle after he was kneed in the head by defender Luke Mcpharlin in a marking attempt.
In 2013, Jed Adcock was named as the Lions' co-captain alongside Brown, and, in 2014, Adcock was named as the sole captain, meaning that the Lions were not captained or co-captained by Brown for the first time since 2007 [REF].