Tim Collins (footballer)

Tim Collins
Personal information
Full name	Timothy James Collins
Date of birth	(1889-12-24)24 December 1889
Place of birth	Melbourne
Date of death	19 September 1971(1971-09-19) (aged 81)
Place of death	Camberwell, Victoria
Original team(s)	Hawthorn (MJFA)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1914–15	Melbourne	20 (20)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Timothy James Collins (24 December 1889 – 19 September 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). ^[1]

Football

Hawthorn's captain in the MJFA before joining Melbourne, Collins never played again after seriously injuring his knee in the second quarter of the round 13, 1915 loss to Collingwood. ^[2]

In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of The Argus as follows:

"In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded), J. Hassett, H. Tomkins (severely wounded), J. Evans (seriously wounded), W. Hendrie, R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died), A. Best, C. Burge (killed), C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed), J. Brake, R. Lowell, E. Parsons (seriously wounded), A. M. Pearce (killed), F. Lugton (killed), A. George, C. Armstrong, P. Rodriguez (killed), J. Cannole (viz., Connole), A. Fraser (seriously wounded), T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." — The Argus, 16 May 1919. ^[3]

Military service

He subsequently enlisted to serve in World War I. ^[4]

Death

He died at Camberwell, Victoria on 19 September 1971. ^[5]

See also

• 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 169. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
2. Raggles (22 July 1915). "Football Notes". Punch. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
3. 'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
4. "Timothy James Collins – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia.
5. Deaths: Collins, The Age, (Monday, 20 September 1971), p.19.

References

• First World War Embarkation Roll: Company Quartermaster Sergeant Timothy James Collins (74), in the collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Timothy James Collins, in the collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Lieutenant Timothy James Collins, National Archives of Australia.
• Studio Portrait, December 1917 (P10795.001), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Group Portrait, 17 March 1917 (P10795.003), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Studio Portrait, December 1917 (P10795.005), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Informal portrait, 1918 (P10795.004), collection of the Australian War Memorial.

External links

• Tim Collins's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Tim Collins at AustralianFootball.com
• Demonwiki profile