Colin Ernest Aamodt (27 June 1921 – 17 June 2011) was an

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 for and coached the

North Adelaide North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct and suburb of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands. History Surveyor-General Colonel William Light of the colo ...

in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as the ...

(SANFL). Aamodt won North Adelaide's Best and Fairest in his debut season as a 19 year old and went on to have an excellent, but interrupted by war, career with the club. Following his playing career, Aamodt took up coaching, leading Nailsworth High School to the 1952 SA Public Schools Amateur Sports Association premiership, followed by coaching North Adelaide's Senior Colts to the 1954 premiership, which led to being appointed senior coach of North Adelaide from 1955 to 1957. Aamodt was also a professional sprinter, winning the military 100 yards championship in 1942, 75 yard and 100 yard State Championship in 1947, and finished third in the 1941

Stawell Gift The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race. It is the main event in an annual carnival held on Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, St ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aamodt, Colin 1921 births 2011 deaths North Adelaide Football Club players North Adelaide Football Club coaches Australian rules footballers from South Australia Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army soldiers