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Colin Martin Sylvia (8 November 1985 – 28 October 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and
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in the Australian Football League (AFL).


Football career

At 15 years of age, Sylvia made his debut for the Merbein seniors in the
Sunraysia Football League The Sunraysia Football and Netball League, also known simply as the SFNL is an Australian rules league in the Sunraysia district of north-west Victoria and south-west New South Wales. Nine clubs – Mildura, South Mildura, Imperials, Irymple, Re ...
and was a member of Merbein's 2002 premiership side.


AFL career

In 2009, Sylvia had his best year at Melbourne, averaging 22 disposals and kicking 17 goals. In Round 9, against
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, he had a career-high 37 disposals and four goals, kicking three goals in a row during the third quarter. He was awarded three
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votes for his effort. At the end of the year Sylvia signed a two-year contract to remain with Melbourne. Sylvia's 2010 season was marred by injury, causing him to miss seven games. However, he was regularly one of Melbourne's best players in the 15 matches that he did play and he ended the season finishing fifth in the club's best and fairest award. He was also Melbourne's equal leading vote-getter, with
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, at the 2010 Brownlow Medal. In May 2013, Sylvia copped a three-game ban from the AFL tribunal for striking 's
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in the Demons' embarrassing 60-point defeat to the Suns. At the end of the 2013 season, after finishing fifth in Melbourne's best and fairest award for the season, Sylvia signed as an unrestricted
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with Fremantle. After being relegated to the
West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September ...
(WAFL) prior to the commencement of the 2015 AFL season for failing to meet fitness standards, Sylvia announced his retirement from the game, effective immediately, on 28 April 2015.


Personal life

Sylvia courted controversy with his off-field behaviour. He was accused of violence towards his girlfriend in 2006. In March 2008 he received a one-match ban and a $5000 fine after breaking a 1:00 am curfew and failure to attend a compulsory recovery session. Almost exactly a year later in March 2009, Sylvia "breached team expectations by being out late on Sunday evening" and was suspended by the club's leadership group five days later for the NAB Challenge match against the
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. In 2009, Sylvia talked openly about his off-field problems and behaviour and how he nearly gave up football because of injury. On 23 October 2011, police spoke with Sylvia after he left the scene of a serious accident in South Melbourne in the early hours of that morning. It is believed Sylvia was not the driver of the vehicle.


Death

On 28 October 2018, Sylvia was driving in the Mildura suburb of Irymple when his car collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Nineteenth Street and Benetook Avenue about 2:20 pm. Sylvia died at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle was not seriously injured, but was sent directly to hospital for treatment in fair condition. Former Melbourne Football Club captain
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stated the next day: A public funeral was finally held in Mildura on 9 November, the day after what would have been Sylvia's 33rd birthday, followed by a private cremation.


Statistics

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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sylvia, Colin 1985 births 2018 deaths Melbourne Football Club players Fremantle Football Club players Sandringham Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Casey Demons players Bendigo Pioneers players People from Mildura Road incident deaths in Victoria (Australia)