Colin Garland (born 28 April 1988) is a former professional

Australian rules footballer 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 oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Beginning his playing years at the

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in the SFL in

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, Garland was recruited by the Demons from the

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vic ...

side

Tassie Mariners The Tassie Mariners is an under-18 Australian rules football club representing the state of Tasmania. They currently play in the AFL Under 18 Championships and also played in the Victorian statewide under-18s competition (then known as the TAC C ...

at pick No. 46 in the

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. Playing for the Demons as an athletic key position player, Garland wore the No. 20 guernsey. He became the first player since the late

Troy Broadbridge Troy Broadbridge (5 October 1980 – 26 December 2004) was an Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Melbourne career (2001–2004) Broadbridge began his career as a ...

to wear this jumper, after it was retired for the previous two years (2005–2006). Garland received a NAB Rising Star nomination (round 14, 2008) for his consistent efforts playing in the Demons backline. Garland announced his retirement from the game on 19 October 2017, after missing the entire season due to a knee injury. Garland returned to his former club

during the 2018 TSL season. Garland has also played and been an assistant coach at the

Clarence Football Club The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed ''The Kangaroos'' (and usually referred to as simply "The Roos"), is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania. Before 1947, they existed as Bel ...

in the TSL.

Statistics

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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...

, , 20 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1 , , 3 , , 6 , , 9 , , 1 , , 3 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 1.5 , , 3.0 , , 4.5 , , 0.5 , , 1.5 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

, , 20 , , 17 , , 2 , , 1 , , 120 , , 84 , , 204 , , 76 , , 23 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 7.1 , , 4.9 , , 12.0 , , 4.5 , , 1.4 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, , 20 , , 1 , , 0 , , 0 , , 12 , , 7 , , 19 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 12.0 , , 7.0 , , 19.0 , , 5.0 , , 3.0 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 20 , , 20 , , 1 , , 0 , , 174 , , 121 , , 295 , , 73 , , 66 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 8.7 , , 6.1 , , 14.8 , , 3.7 , , 3.3 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2011 , , 20 , , 18 , , 1 , , 1 , , 167 , , 100 , , 267 , , 74 , , 42 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 9.3 , , 5.6 , , 14.8 , , 4.1 , , 2.3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , 20 , , 22 , , 8 , , 6 , , 203 , , 78 , , 281 , , 98 , , 73 , , 0.4 , , 0.3 , , 9.2 , , 3.5 , , 12.8 , , 4.5 , , 3.3 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

, , 20 , , 21 , , 2 , , 1 , , 221 , , 108 , , 329 , , 89 , , 76 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 10.5 , , 5.1 , , 15.7 , , 4.2 , , 3.6 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 20 , , 14 , , 1 , , 2 , , 125 , , 54 , , 179 , , 59 , , 43 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 8.9 , , 3.9 , , 12.8 , , 4.2 , , 3.1 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

, , 20 , , 20 , , 1 , , 2 , , 194 , , 85 , , 279 , , 83 , , 85 , , 0.1 , , 0.1 , , 9.7 , , 4.3 , , 14.0 , , 4.2 , , 4.3 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" , 2016 , , 20 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 36 , , 31 , , 67 , , 19 , , 19 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 6.0 , , 5.2 , , 11.2 , , 3.2 , , 3.2 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

, , 20 , , 0 , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , , – , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 141 ! 16 ! 14 ! 1255 ! 674 ! 1929 ! 577 ! 416 ! 0.1 ! 0.1 ! 8.9 ! 4.8 ! 13.7 ! 4.1 ! 3.0

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garland, Colin Melbourne Football Club players 1988 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Tassie Mariners players Casey Demons players North Hobart Football Club players Clarence Football Club players