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| Col Austen | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Colin Edward Austen | ||
| Born | 2 December 1920 Kew, Victoria | ||
| Died | 3 October 1995(1995-10-03) (aged 74) Box Hill, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Kew | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940–1943, 1946–1949 | Hawthorn | 85 (0) | |
| 1950–1952 | Richmond | 51 (1) | |
| 1956 | Box Hill | 12 (1) | |
| Total | 148 (2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Colin Edward 'Col' Austen (2 December 1920 – 3 October 1995)[2] was anAustralian rules footballer who played for theHawthorn Football Club andRichmond Football Club in theVictorian Football League (VFL).
Austen made his senior VFL debut for Hawthorn in1941 and played until1943 and from 1946 to 1949. He then played for Richmond from 1950 to 1952. He served as asignalman in theAustralian Army during theSecond World War.[3]
Austen tied withSouth Melbourne'sRon Clegg for the 1949Brownlow Medal but was not awarded it based on the 'countback' system in place at that time. TheLeague later changed the system for tied results and, in 1989, he was awarded the medal retrospectively.
Hawthorn Football Club started 1950 in turmoil, Col Austen had sided with outgoing captain-coachAlec Albiston who was angry as he was told by a member of the board that he remain as captain. The club had appointedBob McCaskill as coach and he wantedKevin Curran to be captain. A huge internal split occurred, the board sided with the new coach and gave Albiston and Austen open clearances.[4] Austen was cleared toRichmond and played 51 games from 1950 to1952.
He was Captain/Coach of theRichmond Seconds side from 1953 to 1955, winning the competition's best and fairest, theGardiner Medal, in 1953. He led theTigers' seconds to the 1954 and 1955 Seconds premierships.
Finally he went toBox Hill in theVFA as Captain/Coach in 1956 and non-playing coach from 1957 to 1959. He coachedBox Hill to its first two Finals appearances in theVFA, 3rd place in 1956 and 4th place in 1958. He also coached theVFA's representative side in 1958.
Austen was made a Life Member of theRichmond Football Club shortly before his death in 1995.
The 'Col Austen Memorial Trophy' is awarded each year to the winning team in the firstHawthorn vsRichmond match of the regular AFL season.
Since 2001 the Box Hill Football Club, now a member of the Victorian Football League and aligned to AFL Club Hawthorn, has annual presented the 'Col Austen Trophy' to its best and fairest player.
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