Harold Collocott

Harold Collocott
Personal information
Full name Harold Fitzroy Collocott
Date of birth (1883-06-25)25 June 1883
Place of birth Kadavu Island, Fiji[1]
Date of death 12 September 1955(1955-09-12) (aged 72)
Place of death South Australia
Original team(s) Geelong College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1900 Geelong 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harold Fitzroy Collocott (25 June 1883 – 12 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Collocott was born in Fiji, the son of Methodist missionary Alfred John Collocott. His brother E. E. V. Collocott was a Methodist missionary in Tonga. During World War I he served in the Australian Cycling Corps.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 11, 564. Victoria, Australia. 14 July 1883. p. 1.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "COLLOCOTT, Harold Fitzroy (1883-1955)". The Geelong College. Retrieved 26 June 2023.


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