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Colin Youren
Colin Youren
Personal information
Date of birth	3 June 1939
Date of death	20 July 2015 (aged 76)
Original team(s)	Scotch College
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1958–1965	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Career highlights
	VFL premiership player: 1961;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin George Youren (3 June 1939 – 20 July 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father George Youren played for Collingwood in 1919.^[1]

A wingman, Youren was a member of Hawthorn's inaugural premiership side in 1961 and represented Victoria at interstate football. He died in 2015 from cancer.^[2]

Honours and achievements

Hawthorn

VFL premiership player: 1961
2× Minor premiership: 1961, 1963

Individual

Hawthorn life member

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 717. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
^ "Obituaries - Youren, Colin George". Herald Sun. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

External links

Colin Youren's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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[1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 717. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

[2] "Obituaries - Youren, Colin George". Herald Sun. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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