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Harry Collins (footballer)

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Harry Collins
Personal information
Full name Harold Collins
Date of birth (1892-08-03)3 August 1892
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 10 August 1918(1918-08-10) (aged 26)
Place of death Villers-Bretonneux, France
Original team(s) Fitzroy Juniors
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912,15 Fitzroy 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Collins (1892–10 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.

Family

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His brothers, Goldie and Norm both played for Fitzroy.

Military service

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Collins was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery, before being killed in action on 10 August 1918 in World War I.[1]

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