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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060214191812
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000014930-06-000024
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060214
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060214

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRUNSWICK CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000014930
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ENGINES & TURBINES [3510]
		IRS NUMBER:				360848180
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE N FIELD CT
		STREET 2:		C/O KRISTIN COLEMAN
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045-4811
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8477354700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE N FIELD CT
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045-4811

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BRUNSWICK BALKE COLLENDER CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660919

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METZGER WILLIAM
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001217089

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01043
		FILM NUMBER:		06619111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BRUNSWICK CORP
		STREET 2:		1 N FIELD COURT
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045
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            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60045</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock granted under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan with right to have shares withheld to pay income taxes on lapse of restrictions.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 146 shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment in 2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These stock units are in the officer's elective deferred account and will be distributed in predetermined installments which can commence not sooner than three years after the date of deferral.  Reported amount includes a 20 percent premium over grant amount based on officer's election to defer the award.  These premium units could be forfeited if the original stock units are withdrawn prior to the third anniversary of the deferral date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Employee Stock-Settled Stock Appreciation Right granted under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">One-fourth of the total shares granted may be exercised on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries following grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Indirect ownership includes 15 shares acquired pursuant to dividend reinvestment through the Savings Plan trustee in 2005.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Power of Attorney  For: /s/ William Metzger</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-02-14</signatureDate>
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