Jack Collins (footballer, born 1925)

Jack Cecil Collins (9 May 1925 – 4 January 1998)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

For the other people with the same name, see Jack Collins (disambiguation).

Jack Collins
Personal information
Full name Jack Cecil Collins
Date of birth 9 May 1925
Date of death 4 January 1998(1998-01-04) (aged 72)
Original team(s) Fitzroy Sub-District
Debut Round 4, 1945, Fitzroy vs. Carlton, at Princes Park
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945–1949 Fitzroy 31 (36)
1950 Essendon 13 0(1)
1951-52 Finley NSW unknown
1953-54 unknown unknown
1955 Sorrento 12 (unknown)
1955 Footscray Seconds half a season (unknown)
Total 56 (37)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1950.
Career highlights
  • 1950 Essendon premiership * 1952 Finley premiership (captain-coach 1951-52)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Collins, who was recruited locally to Fitzroy, kicked seven goals in a game against St Kilda at Brunswick Street in his debut season. He was a talented wingman who came from Fitzroy where he played 31 games from 1945 to 1949. Prior to that he was with Fitzroy Sub Districts.

He was speedy and his powerful left-foot kicks, usually delivered quickly after a swerving run, proved a source of drive.

He played 13 games in 1950 and was on the wing in the premiership win Grand Final.

Collins didn't always see eye to eye with the Essendon hierarchy and there was disappointment when he didn't return in 1951.

He was cleared to Finley in New South Wales where he was captain-coach in 1951 and 1952 winning a premiership in the second year. He then played with Sorrento in 1953 and 1954 (Sorrento FC records show he played 12 games in 1955[3])and had half a season with Footscray Seconds in 1955.

His sons Daryl and Denis both played in the VFL during the 1970s. Daryl played one game for Footscray in 1974, and Dennis played a combined total of 147 games for Footscray, Carlton and Richmond (1972-1980).

References
  1. "Jack Collins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. "Past Player Profiles – C (Collins, Jack C)". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. Sorrento Football Club archives
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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