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He finished equal fifth in the 1990 Brownlow Medal, the same year he was awarded the Peter Crimmins Medal as Hawthorn"s best and fairest player.
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Andrew Collins
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Collins was a rugged back pocket defender. He was signed by VFL/American Federation of Labor-Congress club Hawthorn, and played 212 games over ten years with the club, winning three premierships. His durability allowed him to play a club record 189 games in succession.
His last game was the "Merger game" between Hawthorn and Melbourne in 1996.
When Collins retired from league football at the end of 1996, he turned to coaching. He returned to his old club Sandringham in the VFL, and coached there for two years, leading the club to the premiership in 1997.
He served as an assistant coach at American Federation of Labor-Congress club Street Kilda from 2000–2003, then as an assistant coach at Hawthorn in 2004 and 2005. While at Hawthorn, he also coached its VFL-affiliate Box Hill.
In 2006 and 2007 he coached VFL club Coburg, taking the team to a losing Grand Final in 2007.
In 2008, Collins moved to South Australia and coached South Australian National Football League club West Adelaide for six years from 2008 to 2013. In 2014, Collins returned to Victoria and signed to coach VFL club Williamstown in its first season as a stand-alone club not affiliated with an American Federation of Labor-Congress club He led the club to a premiership in 2015.
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He began his senior career in the Victorian Football Association with the Sandringham Football Club, where he was a member of the club"s 1985 premiership team
