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Full name
Errol Hutchesson
Known as
Errol Hutchesson
Born
7 September 1939 (age 84)
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 217d
Last game: 27y 360d
Height and weight
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Senior clubs
Collingwood
Jumper numbers
Collingwood: 12
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Collingwood | V/AFL | 1958-1967 | 127 | 62 | 0.49 | 61% | 11.32 | 2.54 | 2.90 | 17 |
Total | 1958-1967 | 127 | 62 | 0.49 | 61% | 11.32 | 2.54 | 2.90 | 17 |
Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only
AFL: 6,887th player to appear, 1,752nd most games played, 1,715th most goals kickedCollingwood: 602nd player to appear, 135th most games played, 135th most goals kicked
Collingwood's Jeparit recruit Errol Hutchesson was a diminutive (175cm, 74kg) footballer with blistering pace but prone to frequent injuries. One such injury, a broken leg, cost him a possible place in the Magpies' 1958 premiership team. His overall tally of 127 VFL games between 1958 and 1967 included the losing grand finals of 1960 and 1966. He produced his best football in 1966 when, playing mainly as a wingman, he earned 9 Brownlow votes, the most by any Collingwood player that year.
After leaving Victoria Park Hutchesson played for Prahran in the VFA and was a team member, and close to best afield, when they downed Williamstown in the 1970 first division grand final.
Author - John Devaney