Donald Cockatoo-Collins (born 1 April 1978) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Melbourne
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in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL).
An
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
, Cockatoo-Collins is a younger brother to
Che Cockatoo-Collins and twin brother of
David Cockatoo-Collins. Both are from
Cairns, Queensland
Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.
The city was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Welling ...
. Over three seasons, Donald made nine appearances for Melbourne .
[AFL Tables: Don Cockatoo-Collins]
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1978 births
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Melbourne Football Club players
Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players
Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Australian twins
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Cairns