Colin Watson (footballer)

Colin Watson

Personal information
Birth	12 October 1900(1900-10-12)
Recruited from	South Warrnambool
Height and weight	180 cm / 82.5 kg
Death	20 October 1970(1970-10-20) (aged 70),
Playing career¹
Team(s)	St Kilda (1920, 1922–1925 & 1933–1935) 93 games, 34 goals
Coaching career¹
Team(s)	St Kilda 1934
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career highlights
St Kilda Champion Player award 1924 Brownlow Medallist 1925 Victorian state representative 8 times St Kilda captain 1934

Colin C. Watson (12 October 1900 – 20 October 1970) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

Watson played with St Kilda in various positions, predominantly on the half back line or across the centre. Spotted as a schoolboy by Roy Cazaly and was brought to Melbourne in 1919 where he played some games with VFA side Port Melbourne. He played three games for St Kilda in 1920 before returning home to the country, and then returning to St Kilda mid-1922 where his career finally took off.

He was outstanding in the 1924 interstate carnival, won the Brownlow medal in 1925 and was regarded as the best footballer in the land.

Watson was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the Saints inaugural Hall of Fame in 2003.

External links

• St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile
• Saints honor roll
• Football profile from FullPointsFooty.
• AFL: Hall of Fame

Awards
Preceded by Edward Greeves, Jr.	Brownlow Medal 1925	Succeeded by Ivor Warne-Smith
Preceded by Col Deane and Clarrie Hindson	St Kilda Football Club captain 1934	Succeeded by Clarrie Hindson

Persondata
Name	Watson, Colin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 October 1900
Place of birth
Date of death	20 October 1970
Place of death