11 Facts About Albert Collier

Albert Collier, known as Leeter Collier, was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

Albert Collier was born on 9 July 1909 in Collingwood, the seventh of the ten children of Albert Augustus Collier, signwriter, and his wife Hannah Josephine, nee Binks, Albert grew up living opposite Victoria Park, the home ground of the Collingwood Football Club and was educated at the nearby Victoria Park State School.

Albert Collier later married Mavis Thelma Leibie and they had two sons.

Albert Collier died in 1988 at his home in Seaford and is buried at Frankston Cemetery.

Albert Collier made his Collingwood debut in 1925 and soon established himself in the team.

Albert Collier went on to Captain, Tasmania in the State Carnival.

In 1933 Albert Collier returned to Collingwood, and from 1935 to 1939 served as vice-captain with his brother Harry as captain.

Albert Collier later captain-coached Camberwell in the throw-pass era VFA from 1945 until 1946, earning acclaim for building and leading the team to the minor premiership and a losing Grand Final in 1946.

Albert Collier later coached country teams at Kyneton and at Sea Lake.

In 1942, Albert Collier enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force where he served in an Aircraft Repair Depot until the end of the war.

In 1996 Albert Collier was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and was named at centre half back in Collingwood's Team of the Century.