- Albert Collier
Infobox afl player | firstname = Albert
lastname = Collier
image size = 150
birthdate = 9 July 1909
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heightweight = 180 cm / 85 kg
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debutdate = 1925
debutteam = Collingwood
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playingteams = Collingwood (1925-30, 1933-39)
* 205 games, 54 goals
Fitzroy (1941-42)
* 12 games, 12 goalsTotal - 217 Games, 66 Goals
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statsend = 1942
careerhighlights =
* Brownlow Medal 1929
* Leitch Medal 1931
* Collingwood Best & Fairest 1929, 1934, 1935
* Collingwood premierships 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936
* Collingwood Team of the Century
* Victorian representative (12 games, 1 goal)Albert "Leeter" Collier (9 July 1909 – 22 February 1988) was an
Australian rules football er in the (then) Victorian Football League.A powerful centre half-back, he was awarded the
Brownlow Medal in 1929 while playing with theCollingwood Football Club . At the height of theGreat Depression he left Collingwood to coachCananore Football Club in Tasmania, winning theLeitch Medal in 1931.In 1996 Collier was inducted into the
Australian Football Hall of Fame .References
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* [http://prod.www.afl.cfour.com.au/Season2007/Awards/HallofFame/Players/tabid/856/Default.aspx AFL Hall of Fame]
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