Wingmen are a special breed of footballer.  The wing demands different skills than most other  positions on the ground.  It is why some of the most naturally gifted and skilled players in the game have played there.  Among the best exponents of the position was Perth’s Greg Brehaut.  Brehaut  debuted for the Demons in 1965, and was a key component in the brilliant Perth side that won a hat trick of premierships in  the late sixties.  He was a classical wingman,  a slick mover  with pace to burn, as well as being physically tough.  He played sixteen times for Western Australia, including three carnivals, 1966, 69, and 72, being named All Australian in 1969. After the 1973 season, Brehaut was appointed captain coach of the perennial South Australian strugglers, Woodville.  His challenging task was made harder by personal injury problems at the Woodpeckers, and he could only manage ten appearances  in the1974 season, as his charges continued the Woodville tradition and finished in ninth spot on the SANFL ladder.The coaching job having not worked out, Brehaut was back in the Demons red and black the following season in what was to be his last as a player.  His coaching appetite had been whetted, however, and he was keen to show the football world that the flirtation with the role in South Australia was not a true indication of his ability as a coach.In 1979,  Brehaut was appointed coach of Wanneroo in the West Australian Football Association, and he erased the Woodville memories in devastating fashion, taking the Roos to four consecutive premierships, which led to him being offered the reigns at East Perth, where he remained coach until 1986. Tragically, Greg Brehaut  died of a heart attack in February, 1993, at the young age of forty seven.  He had carved his name into West Australian football history, and he was to receive further recognition as an inductee in the Western Australian Football Hall Of Fame.  The two West Australian league clubs he represented with distinction, Perth and East Perth, now play for the Greg Brehaut Shield, and his name is also perpetuated with junior development.  He was an inclusion in the Perth Football Club’s official Team Of The Century. Greg Brehaut played 157 games for Perth in a golden era for the club. He will be remembered as one of that club’s best ever, and a wingman of class.