Stuart Mangin (born 8 February 1977) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Collingwood in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL).
Mangin, who was from Macleod originally, was playing with the
Northern Knights in the
TAC Cup
The Talent League (also known as the Coates Talent League under naming rights and previously as the NAB League and TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition based in Melbourne and run by the Australian Foot ...
when drafted by the
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a Austral ...
.
He only played reserves football for the Swans and was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 1997 season. The trade saw Mangin and teammate
Clinton King
Clinton King (born 24 March 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney, Collingwood and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Recruited from Eastern Ranges, King played five AFL games in 1996, the year Sydney mad ...
go to Collingwood, in exchange of
Robert Ahmat
Robert "Robbie" AhMat (born 19 July 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer. His ancestors were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Ahmat's cousins are Matthew Ahmat (Brisbane/Sydney), Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) and Nakia Cockatoo (G ...
and the draft selection which secured
Fred Campbell.
He made three appearances for Collingwood in the
1998 AFL season
The 1998 AFL season was the 102nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixt ...
and in the last of those kicked two goals against
Richmond
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* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as the 'G, is a sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the Lis ...
.
A defender, he later played at
Norwood.
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1977 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Norwood Football Club players
Northern Knights players
Living people