John Aloysius Collins (4 October 1904 – 25 July 1968) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for the
Melbourne Football Club 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).
Collins, who was originally from CBC St Kilda, was on a wing for Melbourne in their 1926 premiership team. He represented Victoria B against New South Wales in 1929. His sons,
Geoff and
Mike
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ...
, both played for Melbourne.
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1904 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club players
1968 deaths
Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
People from Murrumbeena, Victoria
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