Colin Rice

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Colin Rice
Personal information
Full name Colin Walter Rice
Date of birth (1938-07-16) 16 July 1938 (age 85)
Original team(s) Swan Hill
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1957–1963 Geelong 97 (87)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Walter Rice (born 16 July 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Rice made his debut for Geelong in 1957 and was capable of playing in both the back pocket and as a rover. He won the Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and fairest player in 1959 and captained the club for part of 1960. Rice became a premiership player with his last game in the league, the 1963 grand final.

The following season he moved to Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and was their Club Champion in his debut season.

He later played with the South Bendigo Football Club and won a Michelsen Medal in 1968.


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