Brad Sewell (born 2 February 1984) is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected with pick number 6 in the Rookie Draft in 2003. He played his junior football at the Newlyn Football Club which is part of the Central Highlands Football League and later with the North Ballarat Rebels in U18 TAC Cup competition.
2006 proved to be his breakout year, when he was third in the club's Best and Fairest, collecting 130 votes behind Sam Mitchell and Luke Hodge. He played all 22 games for the season, and kicked his first and second goal in the last match of the year against Geelong.
Sewell is seen as one of the AFL's best taggers as he is able to gather the ball and still play his own game while limiting someone else's. A key player for Hawthorn and was the 2007 Peter Crimmins Medalist by one vote to Campbell Brown.
On Saturday, 27 September 2008, Sewell became a Premiership player, after the Hawks beat the reigning premiers Geelong in the Grand Final.
In the final round of 2009 Hawthorn finals chance died when Brad Sewell suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket when he was ironed out in a shirtfront from Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd at the start of the third quarter. This was the turning point in the match, as Hawthorn went on to lose the match after leading at the time of the incident.
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“When Brad doesn’t come nights, you’ll know the blonde he’s sitting up with is a giraffe.”
—Fredric M. Frank (1911–1977)