Colin Vance

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Colin Vance
Personal information
Full name Colin Vance
Date of birth (1929-10-10)10 October 1929
Date of death 16 August 2018(2018-08-16) (aged 88)[1]
Original team(s) Albert Park Surfers
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955 South Melbourne 3 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Vance (10 October 1929 – 16 August 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

A full forward, Vance surprised onlookers in his debut in Round 1, 1955 when he attempted his first set shot with a place kick, which had long disappeared from the game; the kick was well wide of the goals.[3] He occasionally used place kicks throughout his junior and senior career. He played only three senior games for South Melbourne, and later played for Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Lovett, Michael (2019). AFL Record Season 2019. Victoria, Australia: Slattery Media. p. 1169. ISBN 978-0-648465-10-2.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 906. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "Snapshots from League Grounds". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 April 1955. p. 4.

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