Col Deane
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Full name | Colin Francis Deane | ||
Date of birth | 11 July 1900 | ||
Date of death | 10 December 1952 | (aged 52)||
Original team(s) | New Town | ||
Height / weight | 185 cm / 86 kg | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Colin Francis 'Col' Deane (11 July 1900 - 10 December 1952)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Deane, a rover, represented Tasmania at the 1924 Hobart Carnival. He had been in the state playing for New Town but in 1925 moved to Victoria and lined up for Melbourne. In 1926 he was a member of their premiership team and in 1929 represented the VFL at interstate football.
He didn't play in 1931 as he was in New Zealand but he returned the following year as coach of Melbourne's reserves. After steering them to the premiership, St Kilda acquired his services as playing coach in 1933. Three games into the season he retired as a player and saw out the year coaching from the sidelines.
References
- ^ "DEATH OF FORMER NOTED ATHLETE". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 December 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
- Col Deane's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Col Deane at AustralianFootball.com
- Use dmy dates from August 2012
- 1900 births
- 1952 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
- Melbourne Football Club players
- St Kilda Football Club players
- St Kilda Football Club coaches
- Glenorchy Football Club players
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Australian rules biography, 1900s birth stubs