Frank Slater

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{for|the U.S. Navy seaman|Frank O. Slater}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Frank Slater

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| fullname = Colin Frank Slater

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|04|12|df=y}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|05|17|1934|04|12|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Ringwood

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 81 kg

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| statsend = 1955

| years1 = 1953–55

| club1 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals1 = 19 (0)

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Colin Frank Slater (12 April 1934 – 17 May 2000) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=822}}

Slater played at Ringwood for three years in the Eastern Suburban Football League, then onto Richmond in 1953.

Slater won the Richmond reserves best and fairest in 1954.{{cite web |title=1956 - SLATER (21) TO COACH RED CLIFFS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/282464625 |publisher=Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic. : 1920 - 1956) |access-date=24 June 2025 |page=10 |date=26 January 1956}}

Slater was captain-coach of Red Cliffs in the Sunraysia Football League from 1957 to 1961, coaching them to a flag in 1959 and runners up in 1960. Slater also won the 1957 Sunraysia Football League's best and fairest award, the McLeod Medal.

Slater then coached Tatura in the Goulburn Valley Football League in 1961 and 1962, before taking on the captain-coach role at Mangoplah in 1963.{{cite web |title=The Aussie Ruler |url=https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/1964-08-30-The-Aussie-Ruler-Vol.-4-No.-18.pdf |website=NSW Football History |publisher=South Western DFL |access-date=2 January 2023 |date=30 August 1963}}