Gary Colling

Gary Colling
Personal information
Full name	Gary R. Colling
Nickname(s)	Gazza
Date of birth	17 March 1950 (1950-03-17) (age 61)
Original team	Frankston
Height/Weight	188 cm / 87 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1968–1981	St Kilda	265 (49)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1981 season .
Career highlights
St Kilda captain, 1978

Gary Colling (born 17 March 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played from for St Kilda from 1968 until 1981 in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Colling played 265 VFL games for the Saints after being recruited from Frankston. A defender, he was St Kilda captain in 1978.

Colling now teaches at Mentone Grammar School.

External links

Gary Colling's statistics from AFL Tables
Gary Colling Profile

Captains of the St Kilda Football Club

1897–1899: Shaw • 1900: Sandford • 1901: McKay/J. Smith • 1902: Hogan • 1903: Jackson/J. Smith • 1904: J. Smith • 1905: Barwick • 1906: J. Smith • 1907–1908: Wells • 1909: Barwick • 1910: Gravenall • 1911: Dangerfield • 1912: Morrissey • 1913: Lever • 1914: Lever/McNamara • 1915: Dangerfield • 1918: Lever • 1919: Eicke • 1920: Cazaly • 1921: Ricketts/Williams • 1922: Cubbins • 1923: McNamara • 1924: Eicke • 1925: Cubbins/Carr • 1926: Cubbins • 1927: Heinz/Mason • 1928: Mason/Cubbins • 1929–1930: Cubbins • 1931: Matthews • 1932: King • 1933: Deane/Hindson • 1934: Watson • 1935: Hindson • 1936: Perkins • 1937: Mohr • 1938–1939: Clarke • 1940: Lloyd • 1941: Knight • 1942–1943: Garvin • 1944: Kelly/Vontom • 1945: Vontom • 1946–1947: Hird • 1949–1950: Green • 1948: Bray • 1949–1950: Green • 1951–1953: Drinan • 1954–1955: Foote • 1956–1957: Drinan • 1958: Gleeson • 1959–1962: Roberts • 1963–1968: Baldock • 1969: Stewart • 1970–1972: R. Smith • 1973: Trott • 1974–1975: Lawrence • 1976–1977: Ditterich • 1978: Colling • 1979: Breen • 1980: Sidebottom • 1981: Jesaulenko/Duperouzel • 1982: Duperouzel • 1983–1986: Barker • 1987–1995: Frawley • 1996–1998: Burke/Loewe • 1999–2000: Burke • 2001–2002: Harvey • 2003: Hamill • 2004: Hayes • 2005: Riewoldt • 2006: Ball • 2007: Ball/Hayes/Riewoldt • 2008–: Riewoldt

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Name	Colling, Gary
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Date of birth	17 March 1950
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