Colin Watson (footballer)

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**Colin Watson**
Personal Info

Birth	12 October 1900,
Recruited from	South Warrnambool
Height/Weight	180 cm / 82.5 kg
Death	20 October 1970,
Playing Career¹
Debut	1920, St Kilda vs. , at
Team(s)	St Kilda (1920, 1922-25 & 1933-35) 93 games, 34 goals
Coaching Career¹
Team(s)	St Kilda 1934
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career Highlights
St Kilda Best and Fairest 1924 Brownlow Medallist 1925 Victorian state representative 8 times Champion Of The Colony 1925 St Kilda captain 1934

Colin C. Watson (born 12 October 1900; died 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.

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Preceded by Edward Greeves	Brownlow Medallist 1925	Succeeded by Ivor Warne-Smith
Preceded by Bill Cubbins	St Kilda Best and Fairest 1924	Succeeded by Cyril Gambetta
Preceded by Colin Deane & Clarrie Hindson	St Kilda captain 1934	Succeeded by Clarrie Hindson