Austin Collier | |
Fullname: | Austin Collier[1] |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1914 |
Birth Place: | Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Death Date: | May 1991 (aged 76) |
Death Place: | Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England |
Height: | [2] |
Position: | Half-back |
Years1: | 1935–1938 |
Clubs1: | Upton Colliery |
Years2: | 1938 |
Clubs2: | Frickley Colliery |
Years3: | 1938–1939 |
Clubs3: | Mansfield Town |
Caps3: | 21 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1939–1940 |
Clubs4: | York City |
Caps4: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1940–1941 |
Clubs5: | Partick Thistle |
Years6: | 1941–1946 |
Clubs6: | York City |
Caps6: | 10 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Years7: | 1941 |
Clubs7: | → Celtic (loan) |
Years8: | 1941 |
Clubs8: | → Third Lanark (loan) |
Years9: | 1942–1943 |
Clubs9: | → Partick Thistle (loan) |
Years10: | 1943–1944 |
Clubs10: | → Partick Thistle (loan) |
Years11: | 1944 |
Clubs11: | → Hibernian (loan) |
Years12: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs12: | Queen of the South |
Caps12: | 17 |
Goals12: | 0 |
Years13: | 1947 |
Clubs13: | Rochdale |
Caps13: | 6 |
Goals13: | 0 |
Years14: | 1947–1948 |
Clubs14: | Halifax Town |
Caps14: | 1 |
Goals14: | 0 |
Years15: | 1948–1949 |
Clubs15: | Goole Town |
Years16: | 1949– |
Clubs16: | Scarborough |
Totalcaps: | 55 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Austin Collier (24 July 1914 – May 1991) was an English professional footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for Mansfield Town, York City, Rochdale and Halifax Town, in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South, in non-League football for Upton Colliery, Frickley Colliery, Goole Town and Scarborough, and was on the books of Partick Thistle, Celtic, Third Lanark and Hibernian without making a league appearance.[1] [2] [3] He later served as assistant manager at Halifax Town.[2]