Chris Perry (born 24 October 1953) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Collingwood in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Perry was a defender, often used as a reserve off the bench. He missed selection for the
1977 VFL Grand Final
The 1977 VFL Grand Final was a series of two Australian rules football matches between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club. Together they are considered the 80th and 81st grand finals of the Victorian Football Le ...
but was recalled for the Grand Final Replay to replace
Doug Gott
Douglas Lawrence Gott (born 30 June 1950 in Melbourne) is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for Collingwood in the VFL and cricket for Victoria.
A left footed defender, Gott also played several games as a c ...
in the
back pocket
In the sport of Australian rules football, each of the eighteen players in a team is assigned to a particular named position on the field of play. These positions describe both the player's main role and by implication their location on the gro ...
. Gott was omitted because of a knee injury, which was the same reason that Perry had lost his place in the side in round 18.
He left Collingwood to return to his original club,
Stawell, in 1979. After a season he was lured back by
Tom Hafey but more knee problems meant his comeback lasted just one year.
A "best and fairest" winner at
Wodonga in 1983, Perry later coached Horsham United.
[''Wimmerra Mail Times'']
"Former pie: Replay is the way to go"
29 September 2010, Justine Mccullagh-Beasy
References
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1953 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Wodonga Football Club players
Stawell Football Club players
Living people