Colin Sleep
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Colin Sleep
| image =
| fullname = Colin Sleep
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Horsham
| height = 174 cm
| weight = 65 kg
| position = Midfielder
| statsend = 1964
| years1 = 1962–64
| club1 = Fitzroy
| games_goals1 = 17 (5)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Colin Sleep (born 8 October 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
Football
=Fitzroy (VFL)=
From Horsham originally, Sleep played his football mostly as a rover and centreman.
He played five times for Fitzroy in 1962, his first season, followed by six in both 1963 and 1964. Four of his five career goals came in a match against North Melbourne at Brunswick Street in his final year.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Colin_Sleep.html| title=Colin Sleep| publisher=AFL Tables}}
On 6 July 1963, playing on the wing, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.
=Northcote (VFA)=
While playing for Northcote in the Victorian Football Association, Sleep represented the Association in the 1966 Hobart Carnival.{{cite web| url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1966_carnival_vfa_player_details.htm| title=1966 Carnival VFA Player Details| publisher=Full Points Footy| access-date=11 March 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620042211/http://fullpointsfooty.net/1966_carnival_vfa_player_details.htm| archive-date=20 June 2010| url-status=usurped}}
In 1967, he tied on votes for the Division 2 Best and Fairest (later known as the Field Medal) but lost on countback; he was later retrospectively made joint winner of the award.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|publication-place=Melbourne|page=21|author=Marc Fiddian|date=17 August 1967|title=Rowe wins award on countback}}
See also
Notes
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{{1966 VFA Football Team}}
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Category:Fitzroy Football Club players
Category:Northcote Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)