Geoff Collins

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Geoff Collins
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Personal information
Birth 10th August 1926,
Recruited from
Height and weight 178cm, 76kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1948, Melbourne vs. , at
Team(s) Melbourne (1948-1952, 1954)

88 games, 5 goals

¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights

  • Melbourne premiership player 1948
  • Victorian representative 1948

Geoff Collins (Born 10th 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.[1]

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Main & Allen, (2002), p.x.

[edit] References

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

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