Date of birth 9 July 1909 Years Club Height/Weight 180 cm / 85 kg Original team Ivanhoe | Weight 85 kg Name Albert Collier | |
 | ||
Date of death 22 February 1988(1988-02-22) (aged 78) Died February 22, 1988, Frankston, Melbourne, Australia | ||
Place of death Frankston, Victoria | ||
Paul albert collier 1933 2016
Albert "Leeter" Collier (9 July 1909 – 22 February 1988) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
Contents
- Paul albert collier 1933 2016
- Scheepvaartmuseum baasrode albert collier
- Playing career
- Career outside VFL
- Honours
- References
Scheepvaartmuseum baasrode albert collier
Playing career
Collier was a powerful centre half-back and a vital part of 'The Machine', the 1927-1930 Collingwood teams who won four premierships in a row. This feat has not been repeated to date.
Career outside VFL
At the height of the Great Depression Collier left Collingwood to coach Cananore Football Club in Tasmania, winning the Leitch Medal in 1931. He captain-coached Camberwell in the throw-pass era VFA from 1945 until 1946, earning acclaim for building and leading the team to the minor premiership and a losing Grand Final in 1946.
Honours
Collier won the Brownlow Medal in 1929. In 1996 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and was named at centre half back in Collingwood's Team of the Century.
