Colin Braid

Colin Walter Braid (23 November 1913 – 15 June 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] Braid died aged 24, from head injuries sustained when he fell while working in a Broken Hill mine.[3][4]

Colin Braid
Personal information
Full name Colin Walter Braid
Date of birth (1913-11-23)23 November 1913
Date of death 15 June 1938(1938-06-15) (aged 24)
Original team(s) South Broken Hill[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934 Essendon 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Notes
  1. "Past Player Profiles – B". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Death of Footballer". The Barrier Miner (Home ed.). Broken Hill, NSW. 15 June 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Mr. Braid's Death Was Accidental; North Mine Fall". The Barrier Miner (Home ed.). Broken Hill, NSW. 30 June 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.


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