Goldie Collins

Goldsmith Collins (16 September 1901 – 27 April 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.

Goldie Collins
Personal information
Full name Goldsmith Collins
Date of birth 16 September 1901
Place of birth Malvern, Victoria
Date of death 27 April 1982(1982-04-27) (aged 80)
Place of death Panton Hill, Victoria
Original team(s) Fitzroy Juniors
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922–1928 Fitzroy 64 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He made his debut with Fitzroy in 1922 and the following season was the club's best and fairest. His brothers, Harry and Norm both played for Fitzroy.

Clashes with the law

Vexatious litigant

On 27 March 1953, on the basis of his having "instituted 40 litigations in the last five years", Collins was declared a vexatious litigant.[2][3]

Contempt of court

Later that year, was jailed for four months, by the Supreme Court, for contempt of court, when he assaulted a detective who was attempting "to take him into custody to serve a term of one month imposed for an earlier contempt in writing insulting letters to judges of the court".[4]

Violent behaviour

In April 1954, already in Pentridge Gaol, serving the earlier sentence, and, once again, charged with contempt of court, he put on such an extraordinary display (shouting insults at the judge, etc.) that the judge collapsed. Once the judge had recovered enough to be removed from the court, the Chief Justice, Sir Edmund Herring, was called to the court. Herring adjourned the hearing indefinitely and ordered that Collins be returned to Pentridge. Collins, then, "fought violently with two warders and a court policeman and was hand cuffed by Detective-Sergeant W. W. Mooney, who had joined in to help them".[5][6]

References
  1. "Goldie Collins - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. Vexatious Litigant, The Canberra Times, (Saturday, 28 March 1953), p.4.
  3. Munro, P. (2008) "Meet the Vexatious Litigants", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 2008.
  4. Four Months for Contempt, The Age, (Wednesday, 21 December 1953), p.3.
  5. Noisy Court Scene, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 April 1954), p.4.
  6. Accused called "rudest man": Judge collapses as ex-ruckman attacks Bench, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 April 1954), p.6; Judge Collapsed in Court under Deft's. Attack, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Wednesday, 14 April 1954), p.19.
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