Col Deane

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1900}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Col Deane

| image = Col Deane (before 1930).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| fullname = Colin Francis Deane

| birth_date = 11 July 1900

| birth_place = Launceston, Tasmania

| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|12|10|1900|7|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = St Kilda, Victoria

| originalteam = New Town

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 86 kg

| position = Rover

| statsend = 1933

| years1 = 1925–1930

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 82 (53)

| years2 = 1933

| club2 = St Kilda

| games_goals2 = {{0}}3 {{0}}(0)

| games_goalstotal = 85 (53)

| coachyears1 = 1933

| coachclub1 = St Kilda

| coachgames_wins1 = 18 (6–12–0)

| careerhighlights =

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Colin Francis 'Col' Deane (11 July 1900 – 10 December 1952){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27126128 |title=DEATH OF FORMER NOTED ATHLETE. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=11 December 1952 |accessdate=25 September 2014 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Deane, a rover, represented Tasmania at the 1924 Hobart Carnival. He had been in the state playing for New Town but in 1925 moved to Victoria and lined up for Melbourne. In 1926 he was a member of their premiership team and in 1929 represented the VFL at interstate football.

He didn't play in 1931 as he was in New Zealand but he returned the following year as coach of Melbourne's reserves. After steering them to the premiership, St Kilda acquired his services as playing coach in 1933. Three games into the season he retired as a player and saw out the year coaching from the sidelines.