Colin Aamodt Explained

Colin Aamodt
Fullname:Colin Ernest Aamodt[1]
Birth Date:27 June 1921
Birth Place:Adelaide, South Australia
Death Place:Adelaide, South Australia
Statsend:1950
Years1:1940–1941
Games Goals1:34
Years2:1942–1944
Club2:NorwoodNorth Adel.
Games Goals2:25
Sooyears1:1941
Sooteam1:South Australia
Soogames Goals1:2 (1)
Soogames Goalstotal:2 (1)
Repstatsend:1950
Coachyears1:1955–1957
Coachgames Wins1:53 (25–28–0)
Coachgames Winstotal:53 (25–28–0)
Coachstatsend:1957
Careerhighlights:
  • Best and Fairest 1940
  • premiership player 1949
Years3:1945–1950
Games Goals3:72 (60)

Colin Ernest Aamodt (27 June 1921 – 17 June 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Aamodt won North Adelaide's Best and Fairest in his debut season as a 19 year old and went on to have an excellent, but interrupted by war, career with the club. Following his playing career, Aamodt took up coaching, leading Nailsworth High School to the 1952 SA Public Schools Amateur Sports Association premiership,[2] followed by coaching North Adelaide's Senior Colts to the 1954 premiership,[3] which led to being appointed senior coach of North Adelaide from 1955 to 1957.[4]

Aamodt was also a professional sprinter, winning the military 100 yards championship in 1942,[5] 75 yard and 100 yard State Championship in 1947,[6] and finished third in the 1941 Stawell Gift.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-10-11 . Aamodt, Colin Ernest . 2023-10-11 . . NAFC History Database.
  2. News: 5 September 1952 . Aamodt Coaches School Premier . 2 May 2020 . The Advertiser . Adelaide . 11 . 95 . 29,298.
  3. News: 27 January 1955 . C. Aamodt to Coach North . 2 May 2020 . Northern Suburbs Weekly . Unley, South Australia . 1 . 3 . 3.
  4. News: 11 December 1954 . Aamodt to Coach North . 2 May 2020 . The Sunday Mail . Adelaide . Sport 8 . 44 . 2,218.
  5. News: 16 May 1942 . Fast Footballer . 2 May 2020 . The Mail . Adelaide . 4 . 31 . 1,564.
  6. News: 26 December 1947 . Star Sprinter . 2 May 2020 . The Advertiser . Adelaide . 6 . 90 . 27,837.
  7. News: 15 April 1941 . Tasmanian Wins Stawell Gift . 2 May 2020 . Mount Gambier, South Australia . 8 . 8763 . 80) . The Border Watch.