Sam Collins (footballer born 1977)

Football player infobox
playername= Sam Collins


fullname = Samuel Jason Collins
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|6|5|df=y
cityofbirth = Pontefract
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6|in=2
currentclub = Hartlepool United
position = Defender
clubnumber = 6
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994–1999
1999–2002
2002–2006
2005–2006
2006-2008
2007
2008-
clubs = Huddersfield Town
Bury
Port Vale
→ Hull City (loan)
Hull City
→ Swindon (loan)
Hartlepool United
caps(goals) = 037 0(0)
082 0(2)
135 (11)
010 0(0)
013 0(0)
0 4 0 (0)
0 1 0 (0)
pcupdate = 5 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Samuel Jason "Sam" Collins (born 5 June 1977 in Pontefract) is a professional footballer currently playing for Hartlepool United.

Collins is a defender who joined Hartlepool from Hull City on transfer deadline day, January 31 2008. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/7219822.stm]

He had been signed for Hull City on loan from Port Vale on November 4, 2005 by then manager Peter Taylor, prior to a permanent transfer for a fee of £65,000 in the January transfer window. Team-mate Billy Paynter also made the switch to the Tigers at the same time.

Collins had played 135 league games for Port Vale and was named their Player Of The Year in the 2002-03 season, later becoming the team captain. He also captained Hull City on several occasions, but after only 17 league games for the Tigers he joined a lengthy list of team-mates on the treatment table, suffering a knee injury in a February game at Millwall, which ruled him out for the remainder of the 2005-06 season. He missed much of the following season through injury too, making only 8 appearances. In 2007, he spent time on loan at Swindon.

In 2003-2005 he helped coach Brackenhill Blues, an under-13 football club based at Ackworth, his brother-in-law Steve being the manager. In the 2 years he was there, he helped Brackenhill gain promotion twice. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brackenhill_Blues_Football_Club]

His brother, Simon, is also a professional footballer.

External links

* [http://www.hartlepool.vitalfootball.co.uk/player.asp?p=1335 Vital Hartlepool Profile: Sam Collins]
* [http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=1853 Sam Collins profile] at [http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/ In The Mad Crowd]
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