Chris Curran (Australian footballer)

Chris Curran (3 August 1974 – 8 October 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Chris Curran
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-08-03)3 August 1974
Date of death 8 October 2018(2018-10-08) (aged 44)
Original team(s) Boronia (EFL)/ Box Hill (VFL)
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1995–1998 Collingwood 34 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights
  • Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy 1994
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Curran, a midfielder who could also play as a tagger, played for Boronia Football Club in the Eastern Football League and Box Hill in the Victorian Football League before moving to AFL club Richmond.[1] After failing to impress the Richmond coaching staff, Curran was recruited by Collingwood and won the Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy for the Best and Fairest player in the Collingwood reserves in 1994.

Elevated to Collingwood's senior list in the 1994 AFL Draft as a pre-draft supplementary selection, Curran made his senior AFL debut in 1995, playing ten games for the season and a further nine in 1996.[2] After 12 matches in 1997, the injury prone Curran retired after playing a further three games in 1998.[2]

Post-football

Curran worked for many years as physical education teacher at St Margaret's School, Melbourne. He died in 2018 at the age of 44.[3]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. AFL Tables: Chris Curran
  3. "Chris Curran". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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