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Geoff Collins (Australian rules footballer)

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Geoff Collins

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Anthony Collins
Born	10 August 1926 Kew, Victoria
Died	14 August 2005(2005-08-14) (aged 79)
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1948–1952, 1954	Melbourne	88 (5)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
VFL premiership:1948 Melbourne captain: 1954
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com

Geoffrey Anthony Collins (10 August 1926 – 14 August 2005)^[1] was anAustralian rules football player in theVictorian Football League (VFL).

Geoff Collins played in theMelbourne premiership team of 1948, and again in the losing1954 Grand Final side.

Collins served in theKorean War as a fighter pilot,^[2] flyingGloster Meteor jets with77 Squadron RAAF between 1 January and 14 August 1953.

Main, J. & Allen, D.,Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.ISBN 1-74095-010-0

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v t e Melbourne Football Club 1948 VFL premiers
Melbourne 10.9 (69) drew withEssendon 7.27 (69), at theMelbourne Cricket Ground; Melbourne 13.11 (89) defeatedEssendon 7.8 (50), at theMelbourne Cricket Ground
1.Denis Cordner 2.McKenzie 3.Collins 4.Smith 5.Deans 6.Craddock 7.Jackson 11.Bowman 12.Mueller 13.Spittle 16.Bickford 21.Don Cordner (c) 22.McGrath 25.McLean 28.Dullard 29.Arnold 30.Rodda 31.Rule 32.Dockett 35.McMahen
Coach:Hughes

Men's

Pre-VFA	1859:Wills/T. Smith/Hammersley 1860:Hammersley/T. Smith/Thompson/Wills 1861:Harrison/R. Wardill/T. Smith 1862:T. Smith/Woolley/Nicholls 1863:Harrison/Woolley 1864:Harrison/R. Wardill/Tait 1865:Wills/Harrison/R. Wardill 1866:Harrison/Neal/Conway 1867–1868:Harrison/Freeman 1869–1871:Harrison 1871:Goldsmith 1872–1873:Byrne 1874–1875:Goldsmith 1875:Forrester
VFA	1876–1879:Sillett 1880:Bennie 1881:Lamrock 1882:Rannard 1883:M. McKenzie 1884:John McDonald 1885:G. Aitken/Franks 1886:Morrison 1887:Kelly 1888:King 1889–1891:Fox 1892:W. Aitken 1892–1895:Fox 1895–1896:J. Wilson
VFL/AFL	1897–1898:Sutton 1899:Sholl 1900:D. Wardill 1901–1904:McClelland 1905:Langley 1906:Sowden 1907:Coutie 1908:Purse 1909:Nolan 1910–1911:Coutie 1912–1913:George 1914:Incigneri 1915:J. McKenzie 1919–1920:Heinz 1921–1923:P. Wilson 1924–1927:Chadwick 1928–1931:Warne-Smith 1932–1933:Vine 1934–1935:Niven 1936–1941:La Fontaine 1942–1944:Beames 1945–1947:N. Smith 1948–1949:Don Cordner 1950:McGrath 1951–1953:Denis Cordner 1954:Collins 1955–1956:McMahen 1957–1959:Beckwith 1960–1964:Barassi 1965–1969:Mann 1970:Johnson 1971–1972:Davis 1973–1976:Alves 1977–1978:Wells 1979–1980:Ditterich 1981–1987:Flower 1988–1990:Healy 1991–1997:Lyon 1998–1999:T. Viney 2000–2008:Neitz 2008:Bruce/James McDonald 2009–2010:James McDonald 2011:Green 2012–2013:Grimes/Trengove 2014:Grimes/Jones 2015–2016:Jones 2017–2019:Jones/J. Viney 2020–:Gawn

Women's

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