Albert Constantine Pannam (19 April 1914 – 17 March 1993) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played in the VFL between 1933 and 1943 and then again in 1945 for the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...

. He then was captain/coach for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...

Seconds side from 1946 to 1952, leading them to the premiership in 1946. During this tenure he played twice for the

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senior side in 1947. He was senior coach of

from 1953 to 1955. He later coached Oakleigh in the VFA to the 1960 premiership. He was the son of AFL legend Charlie Pannam who also was a dual premiership player, leading goalkicker and captain of Collingwood and senior coach of

. Pannam also served in the

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during

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* (as player)
Albert Pannam's statistics
from AFL Tables (as coach) 1914 births Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club premiership players Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club coaches Oakleigh Football Club coaches Copeland Trophy winners 1993 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players People from Abbotsford, Victoria Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Military personnel from Melbourne 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1914-stub