Colin Robertson (footballer)

Colin Robertson
Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-06-19) 19 June 1957
Original team(s)	Wynyard
Height/Weight	182 cm / 81 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1980–1986	Hawthorn	116 (62)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1986 season.
Career highlights
Hawthorn premiership player 1983 Norm Smith Medal 1983 Tassie Medal 1987

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.^[1] 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 June 2011 Robertson was upgraded to Legend status in the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.^[1]

References

1 2 Smith, Adam (22 June 2012). "Legend status for Hawk". The Mercury.

External links

Colin Robertson's statistics from AFL Tables

Hawthorn Football Club 1983 VFL premiers

Hawthorn 20.20 (140) defeated Essendon 8.9 (57), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Judge 3. Matthews (c) 7. Ayres 8. O'Halloran 9. DiPierdomenico 11. Buckenara 12. Paton 16. Wallace 17. Tuck 20. McCarthy 21. Byrne 22. Loveridge 23. Brereton 24. Knights 26. Eade 29. Greene 30. Schwab 32. Robertson 34. Kennedy 46. Mew

Coach: Jeans

Norm Smith Medal winners

1979: Harmes 1980: Bartlett 1981: Doull 1982: M. Rioli 1983: Robertson 1984: Duckworth 1985: Madden 1986: Ayres 1987: Rhys-Jones 1988: Ayres 1989: Ablett 1990: Shaw 1991: Dear 1992: Matera 1993: Long 1994: Kemp 1995: Williams 1996: Archer 1997: McLeod 1998: McLeod 1999: Grant 2000: Hird 2001: Hart 2002: Buckley 2003: Black 2004: Pickett 2005: Judd 2006: Embley 2007: Johnson 2008: Hodge 2009: Chapman 2010 draw: Hayes 2010 replay: Pendlebury 2011: Bartel 2012: O'Keefe 2013: Lake 2014: Hodge 2015: C. Rioli

italics denotes the player won the Norm Smith Medal in a losing side

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