Colin Youren
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Colin Youren | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | (1939-06-03)3 June 1939 | ||
Date of death | 20 July 2015(2015-07-20) (aged 76) | ||
Original team(s) | Scotch College | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1958–1965 | Hawthorn | 135 (34) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Colin George Youren (3 June 1939 – 20 July 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father George Youren played for Collingwood in 1919.[1]
A wingman, Youren was a member of Hawthorn's inaugural premiership side in 1961 and represented Victoria at interstate football. He died in 2015 from cancer.[2]
Honours and achievements
Hawthorn
- VFL premiership player: 1961
- 2× Minor premiership: 1961, 1963
Individual
- Hawthorn life member
References
External links
- Colin Youren's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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Hawthorn Football Club 1961 VFL premiers
Hawthorn 13.16 (94) defeated Footscray 7.9 (51), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Kennedy
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