| Scanlens trading card featuring Colin Greenwood | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Colin Marius Greenwood | |||||
| Nickname | Col | |||||
| Born | 25 January 1936 Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Died | 3 October 1998 (aged 62) George, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Noordelikes (Northerns) | ||||||
| Western Province | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961 | South Africa | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Stand-off/Five-eighth, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Wakefield Trinity | ||||||
| North Sydney | ||||||
| Canterbury-Bankstn. | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1961–62 | Rugby League XIII | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1968 | North Sydney | 22 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
Colin "Col" Marius Greenwood (born in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 25 January 1936 — died in George, Western Cape, South Africa, 3 October 1998) was a South African dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, and coach of the 1960s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for South Africa, at provincial level for Western Province, and at club level for Noordelikes (Northerns), playing at Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for South Africa, and Rugby League XIII and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, North Sydney Bears, and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, playing at Wing, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 2 or 5, 6, or 13 and at club level has coached rugby league for North Sydney Bears.
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Col Greenwood won a cap for South Africa (RU) while at Noordelikes (Northerns) against Ireland at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town on 13 May 1961, and won caps for South Africa (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1963 against Australia (2 matches).
Col Greenwood played right-Wing, i.e. number 2, in Wakefield Trinity's 25-10 victory over Wigan in the 1962–63 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 11 May 1963.[1]