Michael "Mike" Collins (born 5 May 1953) is a former

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 with

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Collins, a recruit from Caulfield, played 27 league games for Melbourne, over four seasons. He made a career high 13 appearances in the

1972 VFL season The 1972 VFL season was the 76th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 April until 7 October, and comprised a 22- ...

. In 1975, Collins was traded to South Adelaide, for Colin Graham.''

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"Like uncle, like nephew?"
12 July 1975, p. 17

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Mike 1953 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players Caulfield Football Club players South Adelaide Football Club players Living people