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7 unusual facts about Collingwood Football Club


Collingwood Park, Western Australia

The ground is home to North Albany Football and Sporting Club, Albany Football Club and Collingwood Park Cricket Club and has hosted several large events such as Crusty Demons's West Coast Carnage Tour and in 2008 hosted an AFL NAB Challenge Cup match between West Coast Eagles and Collingwood.

Goodbye, Dolly Gray

The tune (with different lyrics) is also used in the modern day as "Good Old Collingwood Forever", the club song of the Australian Football League's Collingwood Football Club (coincidentally, in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, they joke about moving to Australia at the end).

History Teachers' Association of Victoria

Most conferences during this period were held at the Collingwood Football Club, of which the Association was a member.

Kerri-Anne Kennerley

Kennerley caused controversy in 2010 while discussing sexual assault allegations involving two Collingwood Football Club players on her show by referring to women who socialize with footballers as "strays" and for suggesting that "responsibility cuts both ways".

Sally Capp

Capp is the former CEO of the Committee For Melbourne and a former director of Collingwood Football Club, being the first woman to serve on the board of that club.

Specky Magee

He supports five AFL teams, something he cops a lot of flack for: Essendon, Brisbane, Collingwood, Sydney and West Coast.

Victoria Park railway station, Melbourne

Victoria Park was once a busy station as it was the closest station to McHale Stadium, former home of the Collingwood Football Club.


1979 Brownlow Medal

The 1979 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Peter Moore from the Collingwood Football Club as the fairest and best player during the 1979 Victorian Football League home-and-away season.

Aberfoyle Park High School

Brenton Sanderson – coach of Adelaide Crows (2012 - present) and former Australian rules footballer for Adelaide (1992 – 1993), Collingwood (1994) and Geelong (1995 – 2005).

Australian Football League Draft

Notable examples are Irish Tommy Walsh of Sydney; Canadian Mike Pyke of Sydney, a former rugby union international; and American Seamus McNamara, a former college basketball player who was rookie listed by Collingwood.

Bo Nixon

Bowman "Bo" Nixon (born 25 July 1984) is a former college captain of Assumption College, Kilmore and Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Brad Bootsma

After spending the first seven rounds of the 2000 season playing in the WAFL with South Fremantle, Bootsma was selected to make his debut in Round 8 against Collingwood at the Docklands Stadium in a rare (for AFL) Monday night game.

Luke Breust

In Round 15 after a 2-goal, 16-possession game against Collingwood, he was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star Award.

Malvern, Victoria

Rupert Betheras – Former AFL Collingwood footballer, grew up in East Malvern and attended Lloyd Street Central School and De La Salle College.

Ron Evans

1959: VFL Leading Goalkicker at 19 years, 78 goals (including 5 goals from only 6 touches in the 1959 First Semi-Final against Collingwood, and 2 goals in the losing GrandFinal against Melbourne)


see also

Harry O'Brien

Heritier Lumumba, an Australian rules footballer, who plays for Collingwood Football Club in the AFL.

History Teachers' Association of Victoria

Collingwood Football Club became a difficult venue once poker machines were installed, and after a long search a move was made to the Veneto Club in Bulleen.