Oliver Hayes-Brown

Oliver Hayes-Brown
Hayes-Brown with Richmond's VFL team in April 2025
Personal information
Full name Oliver Harry Hayes-Brown
Nickname Ollie
Born (2000-04-28) 28 April 2000[1]
London, England, United Kingdom
Draft 2024 AFL rookie draft
Height 208 cm (6 ft 10 in)
Weight 114 kg (251 lb)
Position Ruck
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 47
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2024– Richmond 0 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Oliver Harry Hayes-Brown (born 28 April 2000) is an Australian sportsman who currently plays Australian rules football with the Richmond Football Club. He previously played basketball, playing one season of college basketball for the UC Riverside Highlanders before spending two seasons as a development player with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In 2023, he changed codes and joined the Richmond Football Club of the Australian Football League (AFL) as a category B rookie.

Early life

Hayes-Brown was born in London while his parents were both working there. One year later, the family moved to Hong Kong, where he lived for roughly five years.[2] After moving to Melbourne, Victoria, he played under-12s football for the Mount Eliza Redlegs for a year, and then eventually had to stop because of his basketball commitments.[2] He played basketball for the Dandenong Rangers as a junior and was a member of an Australian U19 national team.[3] He attended Peninsula Grammar.[3]

Basketball career

Career information
High schoolPeninsula Grammar
(Melbourne, Victoria)
CollegeUC Riverside (2020–2021)
NBA draft2022: undrafted
Playing career2017–2023
PositionCenter
Career history
2017Frankston Blues
2018–2019; 2021Dandenong Rangers
2021–2023Perth Wildcats
2022Willetton Tigers
2023Keilor Thunder

Early years

Hayes-Brown played in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 2017 with the Frankston Blues and in 2018 with the Dandenong Rangers. In 2019, he played for the Rangers in the NBL1 during the league's inaugural season.[4]

College

After redshirting the 2019–20 season, Hayes-Brown made his college basketball debut for the UC Riverside Highlanders in the 2020–21 season. In 20 games, he averaged 3.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.[3]

NBL1 and Perth Wildcats

After returning to Australia, Hayes-Brown played for the Dandenong Rangers in the NBL1 South during the 2021 NBL1 season,[5] where he averaged 19.6 points and 13.3 rebounds in 12 games.[4]

In October 2021, Hayes-Brown signed with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL) as a development player for two seasons.[6] In the 2021–22 NBL season, he totalled eight points and twelve rebounds in eight games.[4]

Hayes-Brown joined the Willetton Tigers of the NBL1 West for the 2022 season.[7] In seven games, he averaged 23.0 points, 15.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game.[8]

Hayes-Brown re-joined the Wildcats for the 2022–23 NBL season as a development player.[9] He totalled eight points and seven rebounds in five games.[4]

Hayes-Brown joined the Keilor Thunder for the 2023 NBL1 South season.[10] In 22 games, he averaged 14.59 points, 8.23 rebounds and 1.09 assists per game.[11]

Football career

On 6 September 2023, Hayes-Brown signed with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) as a category B rookie.[12][13][14]

He made his first appearance for Richmond in a Victorian Football League (VFL) practice match against Box Hill on 9 March 2024, wearing the number 39 and kicking one goal.[15][16]

Richmond allowed him to develop his ruck craft at the local level instead of the VFL, initially playing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for Old Ivanhoe in the Premier B division.[17] In June 2024, he was recalled from the VAFA and debuted for Richmond's VFL side against Port Melbourne.[18]

In 2025, he played 16 VFL games, including a Round 14 contest against the Northern Bullants where he had 26 disposals and 36 hitouts.[2]

Personal life

Hayes-Brown's younger sister, Phoebe, has special needs and is non-verbal, with his family all learning sign language.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Oliver Harry HAYES-BROWN". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Milic, Henry (22 February 2026). "ALL IN: Driven by sister's strength". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "Oliver Hayes-Brown". gohighlanders.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Oliver Hayes-Brown". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Hayes-Brown and Eales Riding With Us For 2021 NBL1 Season". dandenongbasketball.com.au. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Wildcats add size and youth in Oliver Hayes-Brown". wildcats.com.au. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Oliver Hayes-Brown Announcement". willettonbasketball.com.au. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Oliver Hayes-Brown – 2022 Stats". NBL1.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. ^ Pitman, Kane (18 May 2022). "NBL Free Agency: Every team's roster and their No.1 priority analysed". espn.com. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  10. ^ "BEST MULLET IN THE WEST COMING SOUTH!". facebook.com/keilorbasketball. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Oliver Hayes-Brown – 2023 Stats". NBL1.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ Sutton, Ben (31 August 2023). "Richmond sign 208cm, 114kg basketballer Oliver Hayes-Brown as a Category B rookie". 7news.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023.
  13. ^ O'Donoghue, Craig (31 August 2023). "Ollie Hayes-Brown: 208cm giant switches codes from Perth Wildcats basketballer to Richmond AFL-listed player". The West Australian.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ^ "Oliver Hayes-Brown joins Richmond". richmondfc.com.au. 6 September 2023. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023.
  15. ^ El-Houli, Zakariya (7 March 2024). "Squad for third VFL practice match confirmed". Richmond Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Oliver Hayes-Brown 39
  16. ^ "First goal in the Yellow and Black for Oliver Hayes-Brown 🥳🙌". Twitter. Richmond VFL. 9 March 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  17. ^ Keating, Mitch (6 May 2024). "The two AFL-listed ruckmen currently playing local footy". zerohanger.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Hayes-Brown to feature for Richmond VFL". richmondfc.com.au. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 6 June 2024.
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