List of Collingwood Football Club presidents

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There have been 13 presidents of the Collingwood Football Club. The first and founding president of Collingwood was former Collingwood mayor, Victorian MLA and Speaker, William Beazley. Beazley was president of Collingwood from the founding of the club in 1892 until 1912. The second, Alfred Cross, was briefly president, but held the position of vice-president since the foundation of the club in 1892 (21 years). Cross was the first individual to be awarded a life membership honour. Former Collingwood player Jim Sharp became the third president for Collingwood. His reign lasted ten years (1914–1924), winning two premierships in the process. The fourth president of Collingwood was another former player, Harry Curtis. Curtis currently is the longest-serving president of Collingwood, having served as president for twenty-five years. Along with being the longest-serving president, Curtis is also the most successful, winning six premierships in a nine-year span, including Collingwood's four-time back-to-back premierships from 1927 to 1930. Two-time premierships winning president Sydney Coventry Sr. served as fifth president for Collingwood, from 1950 to 1963. Coventry was Collingwood's last president to win a premiership for thirty-two years. For eleven years, Tom Sherrin served as sixth president. Ern Clarke and John Hickey served as seventh and eight president, respectively. Between 1982 and 1986, Journalist Ranald Macdonald was Collingwood's ninth president. For the first time since Sydney Coventry Sr., Allan MacAlister, tenth president, won the VFL premiership in 1990. Eleventh president and former player, Kevin Rose, was only in the position for just under three years but remained a Collingwood board member until 2007. The twelfth and second-longest serving president of Collingwood was radio broadcaster commentator and journalist Eddie McGuire. McGuire was president of Collingwood between 1998 and 2021, winning one premiership. During McGuire's tenure Collingwood were grand finalists five times, the most of any president since Sydney Coventry Sr. In April 2021, Mark Korda was appointed the 13th president of Collingwood. He was a vice-president before becoming president. [1]

List of Collingwood presidents [lower-alpha 2] [2]
No.NameTook officeLeft officeTime in officeOccupation / NotesPremiershipsRef(s).
1 William Beazley 1892191220 years, 123 daysPolitician; involved with precursor club, Britannia Football Club.3 (1902, 1903, 1910) [3] [4]
2Alfred Cross19131 year [lower-alpha 3] Tailor; former Collingwood vice-president.— [5] [6]
3 Jim Sharp 1914192410 years, 209 daysFormer VFL player; former Collingwood vice-president.2 (1917, 1919) [7] [8] [9]
4 Harry Curtis 1925195025 years, 112 daysAccountant; former VFL player.6 (1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936) [10] [11]
—Gordon Carlyon24 May – 28 June 1950 [lower-alpha 4] 35 days— [12]
5 Sydney Coventry Sr. 1950196312 years, 246 daysFormer VFL player; former Collingwood vice-president.2 (1953, 1958) [13] [14]
6Tom Sherrin1963197411 years, 214 daysManufacturer; former Collingwood vice-president.— [15] [16]
7Ern Clarke197419761 year, 213 daysBusinessman— [17]
8John Hickey197619826 years, 153 days RAAF pilot; former Collingwood vice-president.— [18]
9 Ranald Macdonald 198219863 years, 208 daysJournalist; lecturer— [19]
10Allan McAlister198619959 years, 157 daysBusinessman; former Collingwood treasurer1 (1990) [20]
11 Kevin Rose 199519982 years, 253 daysBusinessman; former VFL player, coach— [21] [22]
12 Eddie McGuire 1998202122 years, 103 days Commentator; journalist; businessman.1 (2010) [23] [24]
—Peter Murphy
Mark Korda 		10 February – 21 April 2021 [lower-alpha 5] 70 daysCollingwood vice-president(s).— [25] [26]
13 Mark Korda 21 April – 16 December 2021239 daysBusinessman; former Collingwood vice-president. [lower-alpha 6] — [27] [28] [29]
14Jeff Browne2021 Incumbent 1 year, 283 daysLawyer— [30]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Company" refers to Collingwood Football Club Limited: financial/business side of the sporting team.
  2. ↑ Unless displayed, the list does not include possible period(s) of time in which the role of president was vacant, administered by a committee or had a de facto acting President.
  3. ↑ Specific dates are unknown, however, Cross is alleged to have resigned during the 1913 season.
  4. ↑ Following the resignation of the Collingwood Football Social Club Committee, Mr. Carlyon, as secretary, was acting secretary-manager until the conclusion of the elections of the president, vice-president, treasurer, and committee members.
  5. ↑ Following McGuire's decision to stand down, Peter Murphy and Mark Korda, Co-Vice presidents, were appointed Co-Presidents until a successor could be decided.
  6. ↑ Mark Korda also holds the role of director.

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