Colin Watson (footballer)

Colin Watson
Personal information
Date of birth	(1900-10-12)12 October 1900
Place of birth	Allansford, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	20 October 1970(1970-10-20) (aged 70)
Original team	South Warrnambool
Debut	1920, St Kilda
Height/Weight	180 cm / 82.5 kg
Playing career1
St Kilda (1920, 1922–1925 & 1933–1935) 93 games, 34 goals
Coaching career
St Kilda 1934
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 2005 season.
Career highlights
St Kilda Champion Player award 1924 Brownlow Medallist 1925 Victorian state representative 8 times St Kilda captain 1934

Colin Campbell Watson (12 October 1900 – 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.

External links

• St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile
• Saints honor roll
• Football profile from FullPointsFooty.
• AFL: Hall of Fame