Terry Waters (14 December 1943 – 27 July 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood 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). Originally from

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(VFA) club

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, Waters' transfer application to Collingwood was originally denied by Dandenong and he was required to go to the Supreme Court of Victoria to have writs issued to allow him to make his VFL debut in

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. Waters was a versatile player who was originally used as a ruck/forward before moving into defence later in his career. He was known as a reliable mark of the ball in dry or wet conditions. He won the

Copeland Trophy The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged best and fairest for Collingwood during the year. The Copeland Shield, as it was formerly known, was donated by Ern Cope ...

for being Collingwood's best and fairest player in 1966, was their leading goalkicker in 1963 and

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and earned

All Australian The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, led by ...

selection for his performance at the

1969 Adelaide Carnival The 1969 Adelaide Carnival was the 17th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. Four teams competed in the carnival, South Australia, the Victorian Football League, Tasmania and ...

. Waters was appointed captain of Collingwood in

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. In 1971, after suffering a series of injuries that caused him to miss seven games then he struggled with his form, he resigned the position midway through the season, reasoning that the responsibility associated with the captaincy had affected his form. Waters attended school at

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. Waters died in July 2020, aged 76.

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* * 1943 births 2020 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Collingwood Football Club players Copeland Trophy winners Dandenong Football Club players All-Australians (1953–1988) {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub