Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cAfter undergoing a routine scan, I was recently made aware of a shadow on my brain that turned out to be a low-grade brain tumour,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI underwent surgery Wednesday with a positive outcome. <\/p>\n
\u201cI understand a surgery of this nature creates interest and once I have recuperated, I will share my experience but for now I need to take some time to rest and recover.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 44-year-old was inundated with well wishes from the footy community.<\/p>\n
\u201cRest up big fella, thinking of you guys,\u201d wrote Sam Docherty, who battled testicular cancer twice while playing for Carlton.<\/p>\n
Channel 7\u2019s Abbey Holmes commented: \u201cOh Browny! So scary. Speedy recovery! X<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeedy recovery legend,\u201d wrote Carlton great Anthony Koutoufides.<\/p>\n
Geelong champion Tom Hawkins said: \u201cSpeedy recovery Big Jon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brendan Fevola commented with love heart emojis. <\/p>\n
Fox Footy\u2019s Garry Lyon provided an update on Brown ahead of Friday night\u2019s AFL game between the Adelaide Crows and Western Bulldogs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re throwing our thoughts out to one of our great mates, Jonathan Brown, who sits on this panel and has done for a very long time and one of the all-time favourites at Fox Footy,\u201d Lyon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s had a pretty challenging week or so. He had a routine scan and was made aware of a shadow on his brain that turned out to be a low-grade brain tumour <\/p>\n
\u201cHe underwent surgery on Wednesday and had a really positive outcome. I spoke to him about two hours ago. He was full of beans, bouncing around talking to Kylie and annoying her.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of us at Fox Footy and the broader footy community, there\u2019s been few more popular players than Jonathan Brown and few tougher.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe send you our love big fella, take it easy, rest up, recuperate. We look forward to seeing your big ugly mug back on here in the not-too-distant future\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown, a leading AFL expert commentator, attended Fox Footy\u2019s season launch in February and looked in good spirits when he presented the premiership cup at the Brisbane Lions\u2019 season opener earlier this month. <\/p>\n
Brown won three premierships with the Brisbane Lions in 2001-03, kicking 594 goals in 256 games for the Lions. He is a two-time All Australian and won the Coleman Medal in 2007.<\/p>\n
Brown was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2020. <\/p>\n
The key forward is a three-time winner of the AFPLA Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player. <\/p>\n
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