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This is a list of Collingwood Football Club players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Collingwood were one of the foundation clubs for the inaugural VFL season in 1897.
John Bourke (born c. 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Collingwood reserves in the Victorian Football League (VFL) reserves competition.
Collingwood player Tom Nelson wrote the lyrics to "Good Old Collingwood Forever" in 1906. "Good Old Collingwood Forever" is the team song of the Collingwood Football Club. The lyrics were written by player Tom Nelson during Collingwood's 1906 tour of Tasmania, making it the oldest of the team songs currently used in the AFL.
The following is a list of Collingwood Football Club leading goalkickers in each season of the Victorian Football Association, Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) and AFL Women's.
Leigh Carlson (born 15 January 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Fitzroy in the VFL. Carlson started and ended his career at Victorian Football Association club Preston but in between played seven seasons in the VFL. His first stop was Collingwood where he was used mainly on the wing and as a rover.
David Twomey (born 21 February 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).. A member of Collingwood's famous Twomey family, David is the grandson of Bill Twomey senior and nephew of 1953 premiership players Bill, Mick and Pat.
He won Collingwood's best and fairest, the Copeland Trophy, in 1971 and 1974. And also captained the club from 1971 to 1975. In 1996, Richardson was named on the interchange in Collingwood's Team of the Century. Wayne's brother Max Richardson played 211 games for Collingwood from 1969–1978, and another 30 for Fitzroy Football Club in
Despite a good first year for Collingwood, Williams remained playing for Williamstown, Collingwoods then VFL affiliate, over the next 2 seasons and managed just 10 more AFL games between 2004 and 2005. He was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2005 season, but after his delisting, Williams continued to play for the Seagulls until 2008.