John Douglas Collins (born 28 August 1945) is an English former professional

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who played as a midfielder. In 1979, he had a short spell as

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Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

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* 1945 births Living people English men's footballers English football managers Men's association football midfielders Grimsby Town F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) players Rochdale A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. managers English Football League players English Football League managers North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate men's footballers People from Bolsover District {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub