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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.
A list of all players that were a part of the team that won the AFL/VFL premiership at least once with the Collingwood Football Club. Pages in category "Collingwood Football Club premiership players" The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total.
Collingwood Magpies players: This is a listing of Wikipedia entries of Australian rules footballers for the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL/AFL (1897 – present).
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.
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.
Coincidentally, it was the first and last time Collingwood legend Bob Rose was to taste premiership success as a player or coach. Their 1958 premiership was to be their last for 32 years. The victory in 1958 was an underdog victory, with Collingwood motivated to prevent their opponent Melbourne winning its fourth successive Grand Final.
Collingwood vice-president 1933–1940 (unusually, he served as vice-president whilst still a player); [23] Australian National Football Council (ANFC) field director 1949–1976 (his initial appointment was for five years, at an annual salary of £1,000, plus expenses); [ 24 ] and
In 1958, when Collingwood won the Grand Final, defeating Melbourne 12.10 (82) to 9.10 (64) — and, in the process, preventing Melbourne from matching Collingwood's record of winning four premierships in a row (viz., 1927, 1928, 1920, and 1930) — Gabelich played a strong robust game as a back-pocket ruckman; [42] [43] and, "with his terrific ...