1. Colin Martin Sylvia was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League.
11 Facts About Colin Sylvia
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At 15 years of age, Sylvia made his debut for the Merbein seniors in the Sunraysia Football League and was a member of Merbein's 2002 premiership side.
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In 2009, Colin Sylvia had his best year at Melbourne, averaging 22 disposals and kicking 17 goals.
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Colin Sylvia was awarded three Brownlow Medal votes for his effort.
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Colin Sylvia was Melbourne's equal leading vote-getter, with Aaron Davey, at the 2010 Brownlow Medal.
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In May 2013, Colin Sylvia copped a three-game ban from the AFL tribunal for striking Gold Coast's Jared Brennan in the Demons' embarrassing 60-point defeat to the Suns.
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Colin Sylvia was accused of violence towards his girlfriend in 2006.
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Almost exactly a year later in March 2009, Colin Sylvia "breached team expectations by being out late on Sunday evening" and was suspended by the club's leadership group five days later for the NAB Challenge match against the Western Bulldogs.
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In 2009, Colin Sylvia talked openly about his off-field problems and behaviour and how he nearly gave up football because of injury.
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On 28 October 2018, Colin Sylvia was driving in the Mildura suburb of Irymple when his car collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Nineteenth Street and Benetook Avenue about 2:20 pm.
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Colin Sylvia was tragically killed in a car accident near Mildura, just out of Mildura last night.