Hamish Brayshaw

{{Short description|FORMER Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Hamish Brayshaw

| image =

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| fullname =

| nickname = Hammer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|02|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Australia

| originalteam = Sandringham Dragons, TAC Cup

| draftpick = No. 68, 2017 AFL draft, {{AFL WC}}

| debutdate = 10 September 2020

| debutteam = {{AFL WC}}

| debutopponent = {{AFL StK}}

| debutstadium = The Gabba

| height = 187 cm

| weight = 103kg

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = {{WAFL|EP}}

| guernsey = 22

| years1 = 2018, 2022—

| club1 = {{WAFL|EP}}

| games_goals1 = 61 (42)

| years2 = 2018–2020

| club2 = {{AFL WC}} (AFL)

| games_goals2 = {{0}}1 {{0}}(0)

| sooteam1 = Western Australia

| sooyears1 = 2022-

| soogames_goals1 = 1 (0)

| statsend = round 3, 2025

| careerhighlights =

• Sandover Medal: 2023
• {{AFL WC}} WAFL captain: 2021
• {{WAFL|EP}} co-captain: 2024

}}

Hamish Brayshaw (9 February 1998) is an Australian rules footballer and multiple Guinness World Record holder, who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL) and currently plays for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

The son of former North Melbourne player Mark Brayshaw and brother of Andrew and Angus,{{cite news |title=Locked in! Brayshaw debuts as one of SIX changes |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/west-coast-eagles-confirm-hamish-brayshaw-will-make-his-afl-debut-against-st-kilda-ng-b881661854z |access-date=2 October 2020 |work=The West Australian |date=9 September 2020 |language=en}} Brayshaw played junior football with Hampton Rovers and for his school Haileybury College.

Selected by West Coast with the 68th pick in the 2017 AFL draft, Brayshaw was delisted at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season and redrafted with pick 39 in the 2020 rookie draft.

Brayshaw was again delisted by the Eagles at the conclusion of the 2020 AFL season.{{cite web|title=West Coast Eagles confirm list changes|url=https://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/829269|last1=Stocks|first1=Gary|date=21 October 2020|access-date=21 October 2020|work=West Coast Eagles Media}} Afterwards he was signed as a WAFL-listed player at the West Coast Eagles and made captain of the club's WAFL team for the 2021 season.{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/wafl-2021-west-coast-captain-hamish-brayshaw-on-the-next-nic-reid-candidates-cedric-cox-and-more-ng-b881835005z|url-access=subscription|title=WAFL 2021: West Coast captain Hamish Brayshaw on the next Nic Reid candidates, Cedric Cox and more|work=The West Australian|date=30 March 2021|access-date=2 April 2021|last=McArdle|first=Jordan}}

In early 2024 Hamish, with the assistance of former West Coast teammate Will Schofield and Dan Const from the BackChat podcast, set about breaking obscure Guinness World Records.