Tod Collins

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Tod Collins

Personal information
Full name	George R. Collins
Date of birth	(1876-01-30)30 January 1876
Date of death	24 August 1942(1942-08-24) (aged 66)
Original team	Austral / Ballarat
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1903	Essendon	91 (23)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1903 season.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership player 1897 Essendon premiership captain 1901 Essendon captain 1901–1902

George "Tod" Collins (30 January 1876 – 24 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Although his given name was George he was known as Tod Collins.

Collins played mostly as a half back flanker and was a strong marker of the ball. He captained Essendon in 1901 and 1902, the former a premiership team. Collins had previously been a member of the inaugural VFL premiership side with Essendon in 1897. During his career he was chosen to represent the Victoria interstate team, appearing in games against South Australia in 1900, 1901 and 1902.

In 1906 he became captain-coach of Victorian Football Association club Preston but retired five games into the season.

References

Tod Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
Fullpointsfooty profile
Essendon Football Club profile

v t e Essendon Football Club 1897 VFL Premiers

Essendon won the finals series with 3 wins and 0 losses

Captain: Stuckey Anderson Barry Campbell Cleghorn Cochrane Collins Croft Ferguson Forbes Gavin Groves Hastings Kearney Kinnear Martin Officer O'Loughlin Sykes Vautin Waugh Wright

v t e Essendon Football Club 1901 VFL Premiers

Essendon 6.7 (43) defeated Collingwood 2.4 (16), at the Lake Oval

Captain: T. Collins Anderson Barry M. Collins Gavin Griffith Hastings Hiskins Kinnear Larkin Mann Martin McKenzie Robinson Stuckey Thurgood Vollugi Wright

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: J. McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Ruddell
1931–1933: Campbell
1934–1935: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: D. McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–1999: Hird
1999: Long
2000–2005: Hird
2006: Lloyd
2007–2009: Lloyd
2010–: J. Watson

Persondata
Name	Collins, Tod
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	30 January 1876
Place of birth
Date of death	24 August 1942
Place of death

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