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John Charles "Jack" Collins (5 January 1930 – 6 July 2008) was (for his day), a heavy and tall Australian rules footballer, who played for the Footscray Football Club (now known as the Western Bulldogs). His father, James Collins, who had been the captain-coach of the Yarraville Football Club from 1918 to 1919, played 30 senior games for the Essendon Football Club from 1919 to 1921.〔http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jim_Collins.html〕 Collins was recruited to Footscray in 1950 from the Yarraville Football Club and, for the next two years, he won the club's best-and-fairest award (later designated the Charles Sutton Medal). In 1953, both Collins and Collingwood player Frank Tuck were reported following a fierce fight.〔(Rose's Brilliance in Magpie Win, ''The Age'', (Monday, 31 August 1953), p.12. )〕〔(VFL Details: Players Reported, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 31 August 1953), p.16. )〕 They were both subsequently suspended〔, Western Bulldogs, 7 July 2008.〕 The next year,Collins kicked a (then record) 7 goals at full-forward in the 1954 VFL Grand Final, where Footscray, captained by Charlie Sutton, won their only (to date) premiership. Also, in that same year (1954) Collins was the VFL Leading Goalkicker with 84 goals. He was the leading goalkicker, again, in the 1957 VFL season with a total of 74 goals.〔Matthews, Bruce; Timms, Daryl: (Tributes flow in for Jack Collins ), ''Herald Sun'', 7 July 2008.〕 After retiring from football after 154 games and 385 goals,〔(Bulldogs great Collins dies ), ''The West Australian'', 7 July 2008.〕 Collins served as a players representative, then secretary, and finally president of the club. Collins was active in moves to save the Footscray Football Club when the club nearly merged with in 1989.〔John Lack, Chris McConville, Michael Small, Damien Wright (1996), ''A History of the Footscray Football Club Unleashed,'' Aus-Sport Enterprises, Footscray, p.255. ISBN 0-646-26215-7〕 Collins was a personal friend of murdered lawyer Keith William Allan, and gave evidence at each of the three trials in the Supreme Court of Victoria in which three persons were charged with Allan's murder.〔http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/30/1091080431940.html〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack C. Collins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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