Austin Collier

Austin Collier (24 July 1914 – May 1991) was an English professional footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for Mansfield Town, York City, Rochdale and Halifax Town, in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South, in non-League football for Upton Colliery, Frickley Colliery, Goole Town and Scarborough, and was on the books of Partick Thistle, Celtic, Third Lanark and Hibernian without making a league appearance.^[1][3][4] He later served as assistant manager at Halifax Town.^[3]

Austin Collier

Personal information
Full name	Austin Collier[1]
Date of birth	(1914-07-24)24 July 1914[1]
Place of birth	Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, England[1]
Date of death	May 1991 (aged 76)[2]
Place of death	Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England[2]
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1938	Upton Colliery
1938	Frickley Colliery
1938–1939	Mansfield Town	21	(0)
1939–1940	York City	0	(0)
1940–1941	Partick Thistle
1941–1946	York City	10	(0)
1941	→ Celtic (loan)
1941	→ Third Lanark (loan)
1942–1943	→ Partick Thistle (loan)
1943–1944	→ Partick Thistle (loan)
1944	→ Hibernian (loan)
1946–1947	Queen of the South	17	(0)
1947	Rochdale	6	(0)
1947–1948	Halifax Town	1	(0)
1948–1949	Goole Town
1949–	Scarborough
Total		55	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals