Gordon Collis

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Gordon Collis
Personal information
Full name Gordon Donald Collis
Date of birth (1940-11-06) 6 November 1940 (age 82)
Original team(s) Healesville
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Centre half-back
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1961–1967 Carlton 95 (40)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gordon Donald Collis (born 6 November 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. [1]

Recruited from Healesville, Collis played less than 100 games of VFL football, but his place in history is assured as a winner of one of the game's highest honours – the Brownlow Medal. [1]

Collis won the medal in 1964 with 27 votes, although the Carlton Football Club had its worst finish in the VFL at the time, ending the season in 10th position.

Wearing number 17 for the Blues between 1961 and 1967 (playing 95 games and booting 40 goals), the red-haired Collis played primarily at centre half-back before injuries forced his retirement.

Collis credited his optician with the Brownlow win, as in 1963 he struggled to see the ball [1] and "All the other chaps would be coming down as I started to go up."[ citation needed ] This was rectified with contact lenses, resulting in a much improved 1964. [1] Collis became Carlton's second Medallist in four years, following John James who won in 1961.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 134. ISBN   1-74095-032-1 .


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