Kevin Collins (footballer)

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Kevin Collins
Personal information
Full name Ronald Kevin Collins
Date of birth(1922-04-09)9 April 1922
Date of death 1 December 2007(2007-12-01) (aged 85) [1]
Original team(s) Sandringham
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1948–49 South Melbourne 12 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Kevin Collins (9 April 1922 – 1 December 2007) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Tributes". Herald Sun.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 169. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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