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Collingwood

full club name: Collingwood Football Club
nickname: Magpies
mascot: Magpie (bird)
club colours: Black, white
first season: 1897
home ground: MCG, Melbourne
city base: Melbourne, Victoria
premierships: 1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958, 1990, 2010
Brownlow medallists: Syd Coventry (1927), Albert Collier (1929), Harry Collier (1930), Marcus Whelan (1939), Des Fothergill (1940), Len Thompson (1972), Peter Moore (1979), Nathan Buckley (2003) = Dane Swan (2011)
leading AFL goal kickers: Gordon Coventry-1299
wooden spoons: 1976, 1999

Trivia

  • Player Lardie Tulloch was captain of Collingwood in the 1902 and 1903 Grand Finals, and he also umpired the 1907 Grand Final between Carlton and South Melbourne.

  • The biggest attendance at the Grand Final was 121,696 in 1970 for the match between Carlton and Collingwood.

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