Colin Cox

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Colin Cox
Personal information
Full name Colin Cox
Date of birth(1922-10-11)11 October 1922
Date of death 1 January 1989(1989-01-01) (aged 66)
Original team(s) Wesley College
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1941–46 Fitzroy 5 (0)
1948–49 Melbourne 3 (2)
Total8 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Cox (11 October 1922 – 1 January 1989) [1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Fitzroy Football Club Australian rules football club

The Fitzroy Football Club, nicknamed the Lions or the Roys, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. The club experienced some early success in the league and was the first club to win a VFL Grand Final. It also achieved a total of eight VFL premierships between 1898 and 1944, and more recently three VAFA promotions in 2009, 2012 and 2018.

Melbourne Football Club Australian rules football club

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Colin Cox - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 177. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
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