Brett Yorgey

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer and coach}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Brett Yorgey

| image =

| fullname = Brett Yorgey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|10|13|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = North Albury, Perth (WAFL)

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 82 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1987

| years1 = 1980

| club1 = North Albury

| games_goals1 = ? (13)

| years2 = 1981

| club2 = South Melbourne

| games_goals2 =

| years3 = 1982 - 1986, 1988

| club3 = Perth

| games_goals3 = 65 (44)

| years4 = 1987

| club4 = Collingwood

| games_goals4 = 11 (7)

| years5 = 1989-1991

| club5 = Port Melbourne

| games_goals5 = 13 (16)

| careerhighlights = 1980 O&MFNL premiership

}}

Brett Yorgey (born 13 October 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Yorgey played his early football at North Albury Football Club, playing in their 1980 Ovens & Murray Football League premiership{{cite web |title=1980 - O&MFNL Grand Finals |url=https://omfnl.com.au/grand-finals/ |website=Ovens & Murray FNL |access-date=14 July 2023 |date=1980}} and kicked 13 goals for the season.

His first stint in the VFL, at South Melbourne was in 1981, didn't result in a senior game. Yorgey then played with Perth in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) between 1982 and 1986, then in 1988.{{cite web |title=Brett Yorgey |url=https://ozfooty.net/newsarticles/pastnpresent/139-brett-yorgey |website=OzFooty.net |access-date=14 July 2023}}

Yorgey then joined Collingwood in 1987 and made his senior debut, against Geelong at Waverley Park mid-season. On debut, Yorgey had 19 disposals, and kicked two goals and two behinds. He appeared in all of Collingwood's remaining games for the year, except their last.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Brett_Yorgey.html| title=Brett Yorgey| publisher=AFL Tables}}

In 1989, Yorgey was appointed captain-coach of Port Melbourne.{{cite web |author1=Sam Prenesti |title=Port win a trimuph for Condon & Learning |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19890522&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |website=Google |publisher=The Age |pages=31 |date=22 May 1989}} They finished the season in eighth position and after falling to 10th the following year, the former Collingwood player was replaced by Doug Searl.