{{Short description|Australia international rugby union player (1875–1946)}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ginger Colton | image = Alfred Colton.jpg | birth_name = Alfred John Colton<ref name="scrum" >{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1349.html|title=Scrum.com player profile of Ginger Colton|publisher=Scrum.com|accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|3|25|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" /> | birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland<ref name="scrum" /> | death_date = {{death date and age|1946|6|2|1875|3|25|df=y}}<ref name="scrum" /> | height = | weight = | occupation = | school = | university = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Tom Colton | ru_currentposition = | ru_currentteam = | ru_position = number 8<ref name="scrum" /> | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | apps1 = | points1 = | superyears1 = | super1 = | superapps1 = | superpoints1 = | ru_provinceyears1 = | ru_province1 = | ru_provinceapps1 = | ru_provincepoints1 = | repyears1 = 1899<ref name="scrum" /> | repteam1 = Australia<ref name="scrum" /> | repcaps1 = 2<ref name="scrum" /> | reppoints1 = 3<ref name="scrum" /> | ru_sevensnationalyears1 = | ru_sevensnationalteam1 = | ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = | website = }} '''Alfred John '''"'''Ginger'''"''' Colton''' (25 March 1875 – 2 June 1946) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Colton, a number 8, was born in Brisbane Queensland and claimed two international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side. His younger brother Tom Colton also represented for Australia in 1904. 250px|left|thumb|Colton (2nd row, 3rd from right) in the Australian rugby union team 1899 350px|right|thumb|Colton appears front row far right,<ref name="QldrQLDPhoto">{{cite news|title=The BattleStained Queensland Team AS Photographed Immediately After The Match.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22558322|accessdate=17 September 2010|newspaper=The Queenslander|date=8 July 1899|location=Brisbane, Australia|page=73 S|format=Photograph with caption.}}</ref> after 1 July Queensland match against the 1899 British Lions.<ref name="QldrQLDPhotoArticle">{{cite news|title=International Football.|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22558323|accessdate=17 September 2010|newspaper=The Queenslander|date=8 July 1899|location=Brisbane, Australia|page=73 S}}</ref>
==Published references== * Collection (1995) ''Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby'', Harper Collins Publishers Sydney * Howell, Max (2005) ''Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains'', Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ
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