Hope Henry Collins (20 August 1904 – 1 April 1980) 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 with

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). His sole VFL match was in Round 1, 1930. He was injured during the third quarter, and substituted off for

Ralph Empey Ralph Empey (22 September 1904 – 28 September 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Empey played his early football at Scotch College and made his first VFL appea ...

at three quarter time, in what was the first 19th man substitution in VFL history following the introduction of the rule that year.

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Hope Collins's playing statistics
from The VFA Project 1904 births 1980 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club players Nathalia Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1904-stub