Albert Collier
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Albert "Leeter" Collier (born 9 July 1909; died 22 February 1988) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League.
A powerful centre half-back, he was awarded the Brownlow Medal in 1929 while playing with the Collingwood Football Club. At the height of the Great Depression he left Collingwood to coach Cananore Football Club in Tasmania, winning the Leitch Medal in his two years there.
In 1996 Collier was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
[edit] Career highlights
Playing career:
- Collingwood 1925-1930, 1933-1939 (Games 205, Goals 54)
- Fitzroy 1941-1942 (Games 12, Goals 12)
Player honors:
- Brownlow Medal 1929
- Leitch Medal 1930, 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).
[edit] References
- Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 52. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
- AFL Hall of Fame
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