Whenever the conversation turns to the best kicks in football, it’s a safe bet that the name Brian Sarre will be one of the first mentioned.The Subiaco full back was without peer as an exponent of the art of  long kicking, and his booming kicks into play from the goal square took the ball almost into attack. He wasn’t just in the side for his foot skills, however; he was a gifted defender, who played 172 games with the Maroons before retiring prematurely at the age of 27.Brian, whose father had played seventy one games with South Australian side, Sturt, and brother John also represented Subiaco on eighty one occasions, played his junior football at Albany. He came to Subiaco at the age of eighteen, and made his debut with the club in 1960.Sarre soon took over the mantle of full back, and he was often under pressure with the struggling Maroons in the ensuing years, but became one of the league’s top defenders. On June 29,1963, he ran onto Subiaco Oval wearing a black swan in a clash with Victoria. Playing on the masterful full forward Doug Wade, Sarre excelled, holding his rival to a single goal, a performance that signalled the start of a lengthy stint at full back for the Sandgropers, culminating in All Australian selection at the Hobart Carnival. He went on to play twelve games in the W.A.colours.Sarre didn’t experience finals success at Subiaco, the sole foray into top territory being a third in 1961, which was to no avail. He retired from league football in 1969, four years before Subiaco’s long awaited premiership under Ross Smith.In a twist of fate, he was to experience the champagne in the same year as Subiaco, albeit with a different club.Brian Sarre accepted the Carey Park captain coaching job, and coached the South West Football League side from 1970 to 1973, taking the flag in his final season as coach. Calling it a day as coach, but staying on as a player the following year, he moved deep into attack, and was Carey Park’s leading goalkicker.Brian Sarre was later named at full back in Subiaco’s Team of the Century, and became a life member of Subiaco Football Club.He is regarded  as the club’s best ever fullback, and then there was his kicking, especially the long droppies out of goal, hard to imagine with the opposite methods we see used to bring the ball back into play these days.