- Colin Rice
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Colin Rice Personal information Birth 16 July 1938 Recruited from Swan Hill Height and weight 170 cm / 71 kg Playing career¹ Team(s) Geelong (1957-1963)
- 97 games, 87 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1963 season Colin Rice (born 16 July 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL.
Rice made his debut for Geelong in 1957 and was capable of playing in both the back pocket and as a rover. He won the Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and fairest player in 1959 and captained the club for part of 1960. Rice became a premiership player with his last game in the league, the 1963 grand final.
The following season he moved to Glenelg in the SANFL and was their Club Champion in his debut season.
He later played with the South Bendigo Football Club and won a Michelsen Medal in 1968.
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Sporting positions Preceded by
Ron HoveyGeelong Football Club captain
1960Succeeded by
John YeatesGeelong Football Club 1963 VFL Premiers Geelong 15.19 (109) defeated Hawthorn 8.12 (60), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Davis Captains of the Geelong Football Club 1897–1899: Conway • 1900: Burns • 1901–1909: Young • 1910–1913: Eason • 1914–1915: Orchard • 1917: Marsham • 1918: Kearney • 1919: Kearney/Eason • 1920: Eason • 1921–1922: Craven • 1923: B. Rankin • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: C. Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Baker • 1932–1940: Hickey • 1941: Arklay • 1944: Butcher • 1945: Butcher/White • 1946: Grant • 1947: Gniel • 1948: White • 1949: Fitzgerald/Morrow • 1950: White/Smith • 1951–1953: Flanagan • 1954: Smith/Flanagan • 1955–1958: Davis • 1959: Trezise • 1960: Hovey/Rice • 1961–1962: Yeates • 1963–1964: Wooler • 1965–1967: Farmer • 1968–1971: Goggin • 1972: Wade • 1973: Ainsworth • 1974–1975: Newman • 1976–1977: B. Nankervis • 1978–1981: I. Nankervis • 1982: Peake • 1983: I. Nankervis • 1984–1986: Turner • 1987–1989: Bourke • 1990–1991: Bews • 1992–1994: Bairstow • 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Hocking/Stoneham • 1996: Ablett/Stoneham • 1997–1998: Stoneham • 1999: Hocking/Colbert • 2000–2002: Graham • 2003–2006: King • 2007–2009: Harley • 2010–2011: LingCarji Greeves Medal • Geelong Football Club Best and Fairest Winners 1897: McShane • 1903: E. Rankin • 1905: Young • 1906: Young • 1910: Grigg • 1911: Grigg • 1914: Grigg • 1915: Eason • 1917: B. Rankin • 1920: Jones • 1921: McCarter • 1922: Johns • 1923: McCarter • 1927: Todd • 1928: Hickey • 1930: Todd • 1931: Todd • 1932: Moloney • 1933: Hardiman • 1934: Hickey • 1935: Hawking • 1936: Quinn • 1937: Quinn • 1938: Arklay • 1939: Grant • 1940: Arklay • 1941: Knight • 1944: Munday • 1945: Fitzgerald • 1946: Mahon • 1947: White • 1948: Morrison • 1949: Flanagan • 1950: Hyde • 1951: Smith • 1952: Geo. Williams • 1953: Pianto • 1954: Sharp • 1955: Geo. Williams • 1956: Smith • 1957: Davis • 1958: O'Neill • 1959: Rice • 1960: Wooler • 1961: West • 1962: Lord • 1963: Farmer • 1964: Farmer • 1965: Walker • 1966: Marshall • 1967: Goggin • 1968: Newman • 1969: Wade • 1970: Goggin • 1971: Clarke • 1972: I. Nankervis • 1973: B. Nankervis • 1974: B. Nankervis • 1975: Newman • 1976: I. Nankervis • 1977: I. Nankervis • 1978: Clarke • 1979: Clarke • 1980: Blake • 1981: Featherby • 1982: Mossop • 1983: Card • 1984: Ablett, Sr. • 1985: Gre. Williams • 1986: Couch • 1987: Bos • 1988: Bos • 1989: Couch • 1990: Stoneham • 1991: Hocking • 1992: Hinkley • 1993: Hocking • 1994: Hocking • 1995: Couch • 1996: Hocking • 1997: Pickering • 1998: Riccardi • 1999: Graham • 2000: King • 2001: Sanderson • 2002: King • 2003: Scarlett • 2004: Ling • 2005: Corey • 2006: Chapman • 2007: Ablett, Jr. • 2008: Corey • 2009: Ablett, Jr./Enright • 2010: Selwood • 2011: EnrightCategories:- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Geelong Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club captains
- Glenelg Football Club players
- South Bendigo Football Club players
- Carji Greeves Medal winners
- 1938 births
- Living people
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