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A list of all players that were a part of the team that won the AFL/VFL premiership at least once with the Collingwood Football Club. Pages in category "Collingwood Football Club premiership players" The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total.
At the end of the 1896 season, Collingwood and South Melbourne finished equal at the top of the ladder with records of 14–3–1, causing a playoff match to determine the premiership; this was the first time this had occurred in VFA history. [4]
Of the teams currently competing in the Australian Football League, only Fremantle, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney are yet to win a premiership. As of 2024, Collingwood, Essendon and Carlton are all tied for winning 16 premierships, with Collingwood winning the most consecutive premierships, at four between 1927 and 1930.
The Collingwood team that won the VFA premiership in 1896. The Collingwood Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Founded in 1892, the club played five seasons in the Victorian Football Association (VFA ...
The Collingwood team that won the VFA premiership in 1896. The Collingwood Football Club was established on 12 February 1892. [7] [8] [9]Collingwood played its first game in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) against Carlton on 7 May 1892. [10]
This is a list of Collingwood Football Club players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990. Collingwood were one of the foundation clubs for the inaugural VFL season in 1897.
The term was coined by Lou Richards, and it is a play on the words "Collingwood" and "collywobbles" (a state of intestinal disorder, usually accompanied by a rumbling stomach). [ 1 ] The main period of the Colliwobbles ended in the 1990 AFL Grand Final, when Collingwood defeated Essendon to win their first premiership since 1958.
Essendon had last played a grand final in 1985, which it had won against Hawthorn; that match was the last game of Collingwood coach and then-Hawthorn forward Leigh Matthews' playing career. At the conclusion of the home-and-away season , Essendon had finished first on the AFL ladder with 17 wins and 5 losses.