Harry Collier

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Harry Collier

Personal information
Birth	October 1, 1907,
Recruited from
Height and weight	173 cm / 72 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	1926, Collingwood vs. , at
Team(s)	Collingwood (1926-40) 253 games, 299 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1940 season
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal 1930 Collingwood Best and Fairest 1928, 1930 Collingwood captain 1935-1939 Collingwood premiership player 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936 Collingwood Team of the Century Victorian representative (12 games, 1 goal)

Harry Collier (October 1, 1907—August 16, 1994) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

[edit] Playing career

Originally from Ivanhoe, Victoria, Collier played for the Collingwood Football Club, debuting in 1926. Collier was a player in Collingwood's legendary premiership sides from 1927-1930, the only side to have won four premierships in a row in the entire history of the VFL/AFL.

He was appointed captain in 1935, a position which he held until 1939. During this period, his team won two premierships (in 1935 and 1936)), and finished runners-up in the other 3 years he was captain. He was said to be Collingwood's best player during the era, taking out the Club Best and Fairest award in 1928 and 1930. Collier retired in 1940 after only one game for the season - his career record standing at 259 games and 299 goals with the Magpies.

[edit] Post-playing career

Following his playing career, Collier coached the Essendon reserves to a premiership in 1941. He later became a commiteeman for Collingwood.

Collier was also a noted television personality, during the time of Australia's first year of broadcasting in 1956 and subsequent years.

Collier died in 1994.

[edit] Honours

Collier was retrospectively rewarded a Brownlow Medal, after originally tying for the 1930 award, but losing on countback. Other honours include his posthumous induction into Collingwood's Team of the Century and, in 1996, induction into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Collier was the older brother of former Collingwood player Albert.

[edit] References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 53. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
• AFL: Hall of Fame