Col Hutchinson
Australian rules football statistician
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| Intro | Australian rules football statistician | |
| Places | Australia | |
| is | Mathematician Athlete Football player Historian Statistician Australian-rules footballer | |
| Work field | Mathematics Social science Sports | |
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Colin "Col" Hutchinson is a veteran statistician, most notably in the Victorian/Australian Football League in the sport of Australian rules football. He was the AFL's official historian from the 1990s until around 2005.
A part of the AFL Players Association, Hutchinson provides interesting statistics on football to newspapers and media outlets.
He is the author of several books including a history of the Geelong Football Club (Cats' tales : the Geelong Football Club, 1897–1983) and The AFL footy quiz book.
The last time Hutchinson missed seeing a live Geelong Football Club game was in 1963, over 1,100 games ago.