Colin McRae
Fitzroy
AFL career
18 games8 goals
- Debut
- R5 1964 v HAW16 May 1964
- Most recent
- R4 1965 v HAW8 May 1965
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the renowned McRae football dynasty in Dalyston, Colin McRae was a 191cm giant by 1960s standards who arrived at Fitzroy during the club's most difficult era. He was thrust into senior football as a teenager, playing 14 games in his debut season as the Lions endured a winless 1964 campaign, often battling against the odds as a tall ruck-forward in a besieged lineup. After just two seasons and 18 games at Brunswick Street, McRae turned his back on the VFL to return to his Gippsland roots. His career legacy was ultimately written at the local level, where he became an immediate captain-coach at Dalyston in 1966 and went on to claim five club Best and Fairest awards, cementing his standing as a genuine icon of the Bass Valley-Wonthaggi league rather than a long-term fixture in Melbourne.
Profile
- Born
- 20 Apr 1945 (age 81y 184d)
- Height
- 191 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
Teams
Family
- Son:Dean McRae
- Brother:Frank McRae, Peter McRae
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the renowned McRae football dynasty in Dalyston, Colin McRae was a 191cm giant by 1960s standards who arrived at Fitzroy during the club's most difficult era. He was thrust into senior football as a teenager, playing 14 games in his debut season as the Lions endured a winless 1964 campaign, often battling against the odds as a tall ruck-forward in a besieged lineup. After just two seasons and 18 games at Brunswick Street, McRae turned his back on the VFL to return to his Gippsland roots. His career legacy was ultimately written at the local level, where he became an immediate captain-coach at Dalyston in 1966 and went on to claim five club Best and Fairest awards, cementing his standing as a genuine icon of the Bass Valley-Wonthaggi league rather than a long-term fixture in Melbourne.