Browne played 53 AFL games in total, 47 for Collingwood from 1981 to 1985, and 6 for Fitzroy in 1986. Playing mainly in defence he kicked 6 career goals.
He won the 1981 Collingwood Reserves (now VFL) Best and Fairest award and played in the 1984 Senior final series where the Magpies made the Preliminary final.
He is a former President of the Collingwood Past Players Association and former Past Player Director of the AFL Players Association (AFLPA). Opp