# Austin Collier

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{{Short description|English footballer (1914–1991)}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Austin Collier
| image               = 
| image_size          = 
| caption             = 
| fullname            = Austin Collier<ref name="PFA">{{cite book
 | editor-last = Hugman
 | editor-first = Barry J.
 | title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005
 | year = 2005
 | publisher = Queen Anne Press
 | location = Harpenden
 | isbn = 978-1-85291-665-7
 | page = 129 }}</ref>
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1914|7|24|df=y}}<ref name="PFA"/>
| birth_place         = [Dewsbury](/source/Dewsbury), [West Riding of Yorkshire](/source/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire), England<ref name="PFA"/>
| death_date          = May 1991 (aged 76)<ref name="Hugman">{{Hugman|3808|accessdate = 30 June 2015}}</ref>
| death_place         = [Dewsbury](/source/Dewsbury), [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), England<ref name="Hugman"/>
| height              = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen">{{cite book | first1 = Martin | last1 = Jarred | first2 = Dave | last2 = Windross | title = Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997
| year = 1997 | publisher = Citizen Publications | location = Selby | isbn = 978-0-9531005-0-7 | page = 23 }}</ref>
| position            = [Half-back](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = 
| years1              = 1935–1938
| clubs1              = [Upton Colliery](/source/Upton_Colliery_F.C.)
| caps1               = 
| goals1              = 
| years2              = 1938
| clubs2              = [Frickley Colliery](/source/Frickley_Athletic_F.C.)
| caps2               = 
| goals2              = 
| years3              = 1938–1939
| clubs3              = [Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.)
| caps3               = 21
| goals3              = 0
| years4              = 1939–1940
| clubs4              = [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.)
| caps4               = 0
| goals4              = 0
| years5              = 1940–1941
| clubs5              = [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.)
| caps5               = 
| goals5              = 
| years6              = 1941–1946
| clubs6              = [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.)
| caps6               = 10
| goals6              = 0
| years7              = 1941
| clubs7              = → [Celtic](/source/Celtic_F.C.) (loan)
| caps7               = 
| goals7              = 
| years8              = 1941
| clubs8              = → [Third Lanark](/source/Third_Lanark_A.C.) (loan)
| caps8               = 
| goals8              = 
| years9              = 1942–1943
| clubs9              = → [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.) (loan)
| caps9               = 
| goals9              = 
| years10             = 1943–1944
| clubs10             = → [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.) (loan)
| caps10              = 
| goals10             = 
| years11             = 1944
| clubs11             = → [Hibernian](/source/Hibernian_F.C.) (loan)
| caps11              = 
| goals11             = 
| years12             = 1946–1947
| clubs12             = [Queen of the South](/source/Queen_of_the_South_F.C.)
| caps12              = 17
| goals12             = 0
| years13             = 1947
| clubs13             = [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.)
| caps13              = 6
| goals13             = 0
| years14             = 1947–1948
| clubs14             = [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.)
| caps14              = 1
| goals14             = 0
| years15             = 1948–1949
| clubs15             = [Goole Town](/source/Goole_Town_F.C.)
| caps15              = 
| goals15             = 
| years16             = 1949–
| clubs16             = [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_F.C.)
| caps16              = 
| goals16             = 
| totalcaps           = 55
| totalgoals          = 0
}}

'''Austin Collier''' (24 July 1914 – May 1991) was an English professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [half-back](/source/Midfielder) in [the Football League](/source/the_Football_League) for [Mansfield Town](/source/Mansfield_Town_F.C.), [York City](/source/York_City_F.C.), [Rochdale](/source/Rochdale_A.F.C.) and [Halifax Town](/source/Halifax_Town_A.F.C.), in the [Scottish Football League](/source/Scottish_Football_League) for [Queen of the South](/source/Queen_of_the_South_F.C.), in [non-League football](/source/non-League_football) for [Upton Colliery](/source/Upton_Colliery_F.C.), [Frickley Colliery](/source/Frickley_Athletic_F.C.), [Goole Town](/source/Goole_Town_F.C.) and [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough_F.C.), and was on the books of [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.), [Celtic](/source/Celtic_F.C.), [Third Lanark](/source/Third_Lanark_A.C.) and [Hibernian](/source/Hibernian_F.C.) without making a league appearance.<ref name="PFA"/><ref name="Citizens and Minstermen"/><ref name="Post War">{{cite web
| title = Austin Collier
| url = http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player3/austincollier.html
| publisher = Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database
| accessdate = 30 June 2015}}</ref> He later served as assistant manager at Halifax Town.<ref name="Citizens and Minstermen"/>

==References==
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Category:1914 births
Category:1991 deaths
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Celtic F.C. wartime guest players
Category:English Football League players
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Dewsbury
Category:Frickley Athletic F.C. players
Category:Goole Town F.C. players
Category:Halifax Town A.F.C. players
Category:Hibernian F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Partick Thistle F.C. wartime guest players
Category:Queen of the South F.C. players
Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:Scarborough F.C. players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Third Lanark A.C. wartime guest players
Category:Upton Colliery F.C. players
Category:York City F.C. players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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