Harry Collins (footballer) explained

Harry Collins
Fullname:	Harold Collins
Birth Date:	3 August 1892
Birth Place:	Fitzroy, Victoria
Death Place:	Villers-Bretonneux, France
Originalteam:	Fitzroy Juniors
Guernsey:	1912: 4, 1915: 16
Statsend:	1915
Years1:	1912,15
Games Goals1:	6 (0)

Harold Collins (1892–10 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.

Family

His brothers, Goldie and Norm both played for Fitzroy.

Military service

Collins was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery, before being killed in action on 10 August 1918 in World War I.^[1]

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

• World War One Service Record: Lieutenant Harold Collins, National Archives of Australia.
• Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Harold Collins, Australian War Memorial.
• Main, J. & Allen, D., "Collins, Harold DCM", pp. 37–38 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Notes and References

1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1426650 Died on Service: Collins, The Argus, (Friday, 23 August 1918), p.1.