Colin Alexander

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Colin Alexander
Personal information
Full name Colin Alexander
Date of birth (1970-04-12) 12 April 1970 (age 54)
Original team(s) Clarence
Draft No. 25, 1988 national draft
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1989–1991 Collingwood 24 (28)
1992–1993 Brisbane Bears 05 0(2)
Total 29 (30)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
  • Harry Collier Trophy 1989
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Alexander (12 April 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who was recruited from the Clarence Football Club in Tasmania to play in the Victorian Football League. He played 24 games for Collingwood between 1989 and 1991, and after a lack of opportunities and injuries at Collingwood, he moved to the Brisbane Bears and played five games from 1992 to 1993. His best VFL/AFL season was his debut season, 1989. He played 14 games and kicked 18 goals, with his best game being a career high four goals in a round 6 match against Melbourne at the MCG. Due to injuries his career was shortened but he would later return to the Clarence Football Club and star in the Tasmanian Football League for many years in the mid to late 1990s. Alexander also played 1 senior game for the Glenorchy Football Club in the Tasmanian Football League.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ https://Fwww.glenorchymagpies.org.au%2Findex.php%2Fmen-menu%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D230%26param3%3D815%26fbclid%3DIwAR3N4zp5tMxPs3QZVCwgBo1Bw8YA3v295WORvJaZg3Lstsh-PJeFIrA6_I0&h=AT3A2A7IxfMZZWuh34MW0-SoxgprpWFn5jH3LNFKWS19GPVHvPWbqCiIKC2IeRHTJIntFDyZxgesaYJlhPicSQzngu5gVf6lLSORdfTes9_eVv4P466FVkhlaoUW8sJotV0
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers Every AFL/VFL Player Since 1897, Jim Main, Russell Holmesby, Crown Content, 2002

External links

  • Colin Alexander's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Tasmanian team – 1990 State of Origin
Tasmania 20.14 (134) defeated Victoria 14.17 (101), at the North Hobart Oval, 24 June 1990, crowd: 18,651
  • Alexander
  • Atkins
  • Barwick
  • Byers
  • Clayton
  • Davies
  • Fell
  • B. Gale
  • M. Gale
  • Hudson
  • Lynch
  • MacPherson
  • Mansfield
  • Manson
  • McCarthy
  • Nichols
  • Noonan
  • Pritchard (c)
  • Spearman
  • Stephens
  • Wade
  • Wright
Coach: Shaw
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Tasmanian team – 1991 State of Origin
Victoria 17.14 (116) defeated Tasmania 14.20 (104), at the North Hobart Oval, 28 May 1991, crowd: 16,000
Coach: Shaw
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First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Fifth round
  • 57. Pat Lambert
  • 58. Lachlan Sim
  • 59. Matthew Dundas
  • 60. Derek Kickett
  • 61. Julian Moloney
  • 62. David Welsby
  • 63. Scott Davies
  • 64. Andrew Bishop
  • 65. Rod Saunders
  • 66. Matt Richardson
  • 67. Peter Divenuto
  • 68. Grant Povey
  • 69. Matthew Mahoney
  • 70. Russell Wilding
Sixth round
  • 71. Graeme Kettle
  • 72. Chris O'Sullivan
  • 73. Stephen Walker
  • 74. Steven Hamilton
  • 75. Ty Esler
  • 76. David Preston
  • 77. Robert Bloom
  • 78. Jamie Bond
  • 79. Simon Jorgensen
  • 80. Damian Berto
  • 81. Nick Probert
  • 82. Anthony Loone
  • 83. Brian Stynes
  • 84. Justin Crough
Seventh round
Eighth round


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