Colin Hutchinson (born ) is a veteran
statistician
A statistician is a person who works with Theory, theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private sector, private and public sectors.
It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, a ...
, most notably covering the
Victorian/Australian Football League in the sport of
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 ...
. He was the AFL's official historian from the 1990s until around 2005.
A part of the
AFL Players Association
The AFL Players Association (AFLPA, also simply known as AFL Players) is the representative body for all current and past professional Australian Football League (AFL) and AFL Women's (AFLW) players.
The AFLPA promotes and protects its member ...
, Hutchinson provides interesting statistics on football to newspapers and media outlets.
He is the author of several books, including a history of the
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...
, titled ''Cats' Tales: the Geelong Football Club, 1897–1983''),
[''Cats' tales : the Geelong Football Club, 1897–1983''. Geelong Advertiser, 1984] and ''The AFL Footy Quiz Book''.
Hutchinson attended 1,294 consecutive matches involving the Geelong Football Club between
Round 11, 1963, and the
2019 preliminary final, inclusive. That streak came to an end when he and the general public were locked out of the Cats' 2020
Round 1 Round 1 may refer to:
* ''Round 1'' (EP), a 2011 EP by C-REAL
* "Round 1" (song), a 2010 song by Dalmatian
* ''Round 1'', an album by Eraser vs Yöjalka
* Round One Corporation, a Japan-based amusement store chain.
See also
* '' Round One: The ...
loss to in Sydney due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. If away games are excluded, Hutchinson's streak lasted from the early
1958 season to the 2019 preliminary final—62 seasons in all.
In 1994, Hutchinson was honoured with Geelong Football Club life membership, and he received the
Reg Hickey
Reginald Joseph Hickey (27 March 1906 – 13 December 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who was a player, the captain, the captain-coach, and the non-playing coach for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) be ...
Award for outstanding service to Australian football in 1999.
Hutchison was the co-recipient the 2021 Jack Titus Medal for his dedication and service towards Australian rules football.
Bibliography
* ''Cats' Tales: the Geelong Football Club, 1897–1983'' (1984)
* ''The AFL Footy Quiz Book'' (2002)
References
Australian statisticians
Australian historians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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