Colin Dettmer

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1958–2010)}}

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| fullname = Colin Peter Dettmer

| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|9|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|1|12|1958|9|26|df=yes}}

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| date = 26 April 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44839.html Cricinfo

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Colin Dettmer (26 September 1958 – 12 January 2010) was a South African cricketer who played in twenty-one first-class and twelve List A matches between 1991 and 1995.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44839.html |title=Colin Dettmer |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=26 April 2020}} He committed suicide at the age of 51.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-dvppTiQQUC&q=Colin+Dettmer+cricket&pg=PT240|title=The Shorter Wisden 2011: Selected writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2011|first=Bloomsbury|last=Publishing|date=14 April 2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9781408196991|via=Google Books}}