Allan Collins (Australian rules footballer)

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Allan Collins
Personal information
Date of birth 4 November 1919
Date of death 19 September 2006(2006-09-19) (aged 86)
Original team(s)
VFA
)
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939–1946
Footscray
99 (178)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allan Collins (4 November 1919 – 19 September 2006)

Footscray in the VFL
during the 1940s.

Collins topped Footscray's goalkicking in 1943 with 40 goals and won that year's Best and Fairest award. He had previously been their leading goalkicker in 1941 when he managed 35 goals. He was the elder brother of the better-known Jack Collins.

References

  1. ^ "Alan Collins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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