Australian rules footballer
| Colin Robertson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1957-06-19) 19 June 1957 (age 67) | ||
| Original team(s) | Wynyard (NWFU) | ||
| Height | 182 cm (72 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1980–1986 | Hawthorn | 116 (62) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Colin Robertson (born 19 June 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
A hard running player, Robertson was a versatile footballer who could play across half back, on wing or on the ball. Robertson spent six seasons with Tasmanian club Wynyard, playing in premierships with the club in 1975 and 1979 before joining Hawthorn the following season. Robertson became a key part of the club's dominance during the early 1980s. In the 1983 VFL Grand Final he became the first Tasmanian to win the Norm Smith Medal after a superb tagging job on Essendon's dangerous rover Tim Watson.
In 1987 Robertson returned to Tasmania to captain the Burnie Hawks in the Tasmanian State League for three seasons. In the last season he was Captain-Coach. He was non-playing coach of Wynyard in 1991 and 1992.
In June 2011 Robertson was upgraded to Legend status in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.
Statistics
| G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
| B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
| # | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1980 | Hawthorn | 32 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 94 | 50 | 144 | 20 | — | 0.3 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 13.1 | 1.8 | — | 3 |
| 1981 | Hawthorn | 32 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 218 | 111 | 329 | 54 | — | 0.9 | 0.7 | 12.1 | 6.2 | 18.3 | 3.0 | — | 7 |
| 1982 | Hawthorn | 32 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 199 | 150 | 349 | 70 | — | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 18.4 | 3.7 | — | 5 |
| 1983 | Hawthorn | 32 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 182 | 142 | 324 | 50 | — | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 19.1 | 2.9 | — | 2 |
| 1984 | Hawthorn | 32 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 258 | 188 | 446 | 68 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 19.4 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
| 1985 | Hawthorn | 32 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 127 | 104 | 231 | 33 | — | 0.4 | 0.2 | 9.1 | 7.4 | 16.5 | 2.4 | — | 2 |
| 1986 | Hawthorn | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 111 | 117 | 228 | 30 | — | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 16.3 | 2.1 | — | 6 |
| Career | 116 | 62 | 57 | 1189 | 862 | 2051 | 325 | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 17.7 | 2.8 | — | 25 | ||
Honours and achievements
Team
Individual
- Norm Smith Medal: 1983
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame: 2005 Inductee
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame – Legend Status: 2011
References
- ^ Smith, Adam (22 June 2012). "Legend status for Hawk". The Mercury.
- "Colin Robertson". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
External links
- Colin Robertson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
| Hawthorn Football Club 1983 VFL premiers | |
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| Hawthorn 20.20 (140) defeated Essendon 8.9 (57), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Coach: Jeans |
| Norm Smith Medal | |
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| Italics denotes the player won the Norm Smith Medal in a losing team |
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Hawthorn Football Club premiership players
- Burnie Hawks Football Club players
- Wynyard Football Club players
- Tasmanian State of Origin players
- Norm Smith Medal winners
- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
- People from Wynyard, Tasmania
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
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