Geoff Collins

Infobox afl player


firstname = Geoff
lastname = Collins


birthdate = 10 August 1926
birthplace =
heightweight = 178cm, 76kg
originalteam =
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1948
debutteam = Melbourne
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Melbourne (1948-1952, 1954)

88 games, 5 goals
statsend = 2007
careerhighlights =

* Melbourne premiership player 1948
* Victorian representative 1948

Geoff Collins (born 10 August 1926) is a former Australian rules football player in the VFL .

Geoff Collins played in the Melbourne premiership team of 1948, and again in the losing 1954 Grand Final side.

Collins served in the Korean War as a fighter pilot. [Main & Allen, (2002), p.x.]

ee also

* 1948 VFL season
* 1954 VFL season

Footnotes

References

Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War", Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-740-95010-0

External links

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/G/Geoff_Collins.html AFL Statistics: Geoff Collins]
* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/co-cz.htm#George%20Collins%20(Melbourne) Full Points Footy Biography: Profile on Geoff Collins]