Albin Collins

{{Short description|American football player (1927–2006)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Albin "Rip" Collins

| number = 71, 88, 65

| position = Halfback
Punter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|9|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|4|9|1927|9|27}}

| death_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 190

| high_school = Baton Rouge

| college = LSU

| draftyear = 1949

| draftround = 6

| draftpick = 53

| pastteams =

• Chicago Hornets (1949)
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1950}})
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1951}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-SEC (1947)

| statleague = NFL/AAFC

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 193

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 1.9

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 26

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 461

| statlabel5 = Punts

| statvalue5 = 45

| statlabel6 = Punt yards

| statvalue6 = 1,897

| pfr = CollRi21

}}

Albin Harrell "Rip" Collins (September 27, 1927 – April 9, 2006) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and punter in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). Collins played college football for the LSU Tigers and was selected by the New York Bulldogs in the 6th round of the 1949 NFL draft. Collins played for the Chicago Hornets (AAFC) (1949), Baltimore Colts (NFL) (1950), and the Green Bay Packers (NFL) (1951).{{cite web | title = Albin Collins Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CollRi21.htm | access-date = January 2, 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090104224814/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CollRi21.htm| archive-date= 4 January 2009 | url-status= live}}