Michael Collins

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Mike Collins (Australian footballer born 1939)

Michael "Mike" Collins (born 25 April 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Collins is the son of 1926 Melbourne premiership player Jack A. Collins and the younger brother of former Melbourne captain Geoff Collins.

Career

A defender, Collins joined Melbourne in 1961, from Heyfield in the Latrobe Valley Football League (LVFL). Mid-season, Collins suffered minor injuries when a car in which he was a passenger crashed in Bentleigh. His teammate Len Mann broke his arm and was out for the rest of the year. Collins didn't make his league debut until Melbourne's round 18 win over Carlton. He kept his spot in the team for the semi-final against Hawthorn, which Melbourne lost by seven points. After cramping badly, Collins had to come off in the third quarter. He missed out selection for the preliminary final. The following year he made only two more senior appearances, in rounds three and four.

Mike Collins (ice hockey)

Mike Collins (born May 25, 1990) is an American ice hockey player currently playing for Krefeld Pinguine in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Collins played collegiate hockey with the Merrimack Warriors in the a NCAA Men's Division I Hockey East conference. In his junior year, Collins' outstanding play was rewarded with a selection to the 2012-13 All-Hockey East First Team.

After making his professional debut in the American Hockey League with the Providence Bruins and the Iowa Wild, Collins signed abroad in Germany with DEL2 club, EC Kassel Huskies on July 31, 2014. In the 2014–15 season, Collins impressed with the Huskies, scoring at a dominate level with 81 points in just 51 games to lead the club to a third-place finish in the regular season.

On June 1, 2015, Collins attracted the interest of the DEL, signing a one-year contract with the Krefeld Pinguine.

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