Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins (born 25 April 1965) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who is currently the director of coaching at the Port Adelaide Football Club. He played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Collins was a rugged back pocket defender. 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. He was signed by VFL/AFL club , 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.

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. His last game was the "merger game" between Hawthorn and Melbourne in 1996, in which he got reported and ultimately suspended, thus ending his consecutive run of games.

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 AFL club from 2000 to 2003, then as an assistant coach at Hawthorn in 2004 and 2005. While at Hawthorn, he also coached its Box Hill. In 2006 and 2007 he coached VFL club Coburg, taking the team to a losing grand final in 2007.

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Honours and achievements Playing Team 3× VFL/AFL premiership player : 1988, 1989, 1991 2× Minor premiership : 1988, 1989

Individual Peter Crimmins Memorial Medal: 1990 4× Victoria Australian rules football team: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994

Coaching VFL premiership coach : 1997 VFL premiership coach : 2015