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Austin Collier
Personal information
Full name Austin Collier[1]
Date of birth (1914-07-24)24 July 1914[1]
Place of birth Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England[1]
Date of death May 1991 (aged 76)[2]
Place of death Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England[2]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1938 Upton Colliery
1938 Frickley Colliery
1938–1939 Mansfield Town 21 (0)
1939–1940 York City 0 (0)
1940–1941 Partick Thistle
1941–1946 York City 10 (0)
1941 → Celtic (loan)
1941 → Third Lanark (loan)
1942–1943 → Partick Thistle (loan)
1943–1944 → Partick Thistle (loan)
1944 → Hibernian (loan)
1946–1947 Queen of the South 17 (0)
1947 Rochdale 6 (0)
1947–1948 Halifax Town 1 (0)
1948–1949 Goole Town
1949– Scarborough
Total 55 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Austin Collier (24 July 1914 – May 1991) was an English professional footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for Mansfield Town, York City, Rochdale and Halifax Town, in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South, in non-League football for Upton Colliery, Frickley Colliery, Goole Town and Scarborough, and was on the books of Partick Thistle, Celtic, Third Lanark and Hibernian without making a league appearance.[1][3][4] He later served as assistant manager at Halifax Town.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-85291-665-7.
  2. ^ a b "Austin Collier". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
  4. ^ "Austin Collier". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 30 June 2015.


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