- Michael Collica
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Michael Collica Personal information Full name Michael Collica Date of birth 9 July 1977 Original team East Fremantle Draft 20th overall, 1998 AFL Draft Height/Weight 185 cm / 85 kg Position(s) Defender Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1999–2000
2001–2003
Total -Hawthorn
West Coast30 (4)
50 (2)
80 (6)1 Playing statistics to end of 2003 season .Michael Collica (born 9 July 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Playing with East Fremantle in the WAFL, Collica was hampered by hamstring problems early in his career[1] but had a good 1998 season when he was a half back flanker in their premiership winning team. Hawthorn picked him up with the 20th selection of the 1998 AFL Draft and he played every game in his debut season, often matching up against taller forwards.[2] He found himself out of favour with new coach Peter Schwab in 2000 and at the end of the year was traded to West Coast along with Richard Taylor, in return for pick 21 in the draft, which Hawthorn used on Nick Ries.
Under coach Ken Judge, who had been in charge of Hawthorn when he started his league career, Collica proved a durable player at half back. He did not miss any of the 45 games which West Coast played in 2001 and 2002, including an elimination final against Essendon.[3]
After being delisted following an injury plagued 2003 season, Collica continued his career at East Fremantle before retiring in 2006.
References
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ "Michael Collica Player Profile bio". West Coast Eagles Football Club. http://www.wce.com.au/players/playerprofile/michaelcollica/tabid/7302/playerid/14880/category/past/season/2009/selected/bio/default.aspx.
- ^ "Michael Collica". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Michael_Collica.html.
1998 AFL Draft First round 1. Des Headland • 2. Justin Longmuir • 3. Nic Fosdike • 4. Ryan Fitzgerald • 5. Michael Stevens • 6. Murray Vance • 7. Josh Carr • 8. Jude Bolton • 9. Mark McVeigh • 10. Brandon Hill • 11. Lenny Hayes • 12. Adam Ramanauskas • 13. Chris Lamb • 14. Luke Penny • 15. Brady Rawlings • 16. Brett BurtonSecond round 17. Peter Street • 18. Daniel Schell • 19. Nick Davis • 20. Michael Collica • 21. David Clarke • 22. James Begley • 23. Chris Ladhams • 24. David Wojcinski • 25. Aaron Henneman • 26. Michael O'Brien • 27. Steven Baker • 28. Heath James • 29. Tyson Stenglein • 30. Nicky Winmar • 31. Gary Dhurrkay • 32. David GallagherThird round 33. Craig Bolton • 34. Bryan Beinke • 35. Brad Oborne • 36. Danny Jacobs • 37. Adam Morgan • 38. Brendan Fevola • 39. Toby Thurstans • 40. James White • 41. Craig Jacotine • 43. Damien Ryan • 44. Heath Scotland • 45. Aaron Shattock • 46. Jay Solomon • 47. Nicolas Lowther • 48. Lucas HerbertFourth round 49. Garth Taylor • 50. Damien Adkins • 51. David Loats • 52. Ryan O'Connor • 53. Troy Schwarze • 54. Derek Murray • 55. Marc Dragicevic • 56. Ilija Grgic • 57. Andrew Embley • 58. Ian Prendergast • 59. Dwayne Simpson • 60. Luke Speers • 61. Ricky Symes • 62. Tim van der Klooster • 63. Clint KireyFifth round 64. Andrew Shipp • 65. Lee Walker • 66. Steven Rode • 67. Brett Backwell • 68. Matthew Greig • 69. Scott Bennett • 70. Kurt Heazlewood • 71. Simon Feast • 72. Luke Taylor • 73. Christin Macri • 74. Adam Lange • 75. Ken McGregorSixth round 76. Rupert Betheras • 77. Adrian Cox • 79. Ray Hall • 80. Brodie Atkinson • 81. Jacob Anstey • 85. Shannon MotlopSeventh round Categories:- 1977 births
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- West Coast Eagles players
- East Fremantle Football Club players
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
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