Colin Sleep

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Colin Sleep
Personal information
Full name Colin Sleep
Date of birth (1944-10-08) 8 October 1944 (age 77)
Original team(s) Horsham
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1962–64 Fitzroy 17 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Sleep (born 8 October 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.

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Football

Fitzroy (VFL)

From Horsham originally, Sleep played his football mostly as a rover and centreman.

He played five times for Fitzroy in 1962, his first season, followed by six in both 1963 and 1964. Four of his five career goals came in a match against North Melbourne at Brunswick Street in his final year. [1]

On 6 July 1963, playing on the wing, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.

Northcote (VFA)

While playing for Northcote in the Victorian Football Association, Sleep represented the Association in the 1966 Hobart Carnival. [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Colin Sleep". AFL Tables.
  2. ↑ "1966 Carnival VFA Player Details". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2010.

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