Colin Churchett

Colin Churchett
Personal information
Full name	Colin J. Churchett
Date of birth	30 January 1926
Height/Weight	180 cm / 74 kg
Position(s)	Full-forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1943-54 1944	Glenelg South Melbourne	145 (555) 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1954 season .
Career highlights

Colin Churchett (born 30 January 1926) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also played a game for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A full-forward known for his accuracy in front of goals, Churchett was the league's top goal-kicker for four consecutive seasons from 1948 to 1951. In the second half of that sequence he kicked 105 goals and 102 goals respectively. He was also Glenelg's leading goal-kicker in an additional two seasons. Churcett represented the South Australian interstate team on seven occasions during his career.

While away in Melbourne on war service in 1944, Churchett played a senior VFL game with South Melbourne. It came in a win over Geelong at Junction oval where South Melbourne scored an unusual 8.30.(78).

He was one of the inaugural inductees into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame when it opened in 2002.

References

• Colin Churchett's statistics from AFL Tables
• Full Points Footy: Colin Churchett

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Name	Churchett, Colin
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Date of birth	30 January 1926
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