Geoff Collins

Geoff Collins
Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey Anthony Collins
Date of birth	10 August 1926
Place of birth	Kew, Victoria
Date of death	14 August 2005 (aged 79)
Height / weight	178 cm / 76 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1948–1952, 1954	Melbourne	88 (5)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
VFL premiership: 1948 Melbourne captain: 1954

Geoffrey Anthony Collins (10 August 1926 – 14 August 2005)^[1] was an Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Geoff Collins played in the Melbourne premiership team of 1948, and again in the losing 1954 Grand Final side.

War service

Collins served in the Korean War as a fighter pilot,^[2] flying Gloster Meteor jets with 77 Squadron RAAF between 1 January and 14 August 1953.

Notes

1. "Geoff Collins – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
2. Main & Allen, (2002), p.x.

References

• Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0

External links

• Geoff Collins's statistics from AFL Tables
• Geoff Collins's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Korean War Nominal Roll Service Record