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Tony Coll
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Full name	Anthony Peter Coll
Died	14 May 2020
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Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Position	Second-row
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Anthony Peter Coll^[2] (died 14 May 2020) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer and coach who represented New Zealand in three World Cups.^[1]

Playing career

A West Coast representative, Coll played in 65 games (including 30 tests) for the New Zealand national rugby league team including three world cups. Coll trialled for the 1971 Kiwis unsuccessfully, however he was selected the following year.^[3] He was the Kiwis' captain at the 1977 World Cup.

Coll also had a brief spell in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, playing with Marist-Western Suburbs and representing Canterbury.^[4]

Later years

Coll coached the West Coast in 1986 and 1987.

He was made a New Zealand Rugby League "Legends of League" in 2007.^[3]

He ran a sports store in Greymouth.^[5] In 2011 Coll was elected to the Grey District Council in a by-election.^[6]

Coll suffered a heart attack in 2019. On 14 May 2020, he died after suffering a second heart attack while biking near Karoro.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "COLL, ANTHONY PETER - 1972 - 82". nzleague.co.nz. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
^ ^a ^b Three more greats inducted into New Zealand's Legends of League rleague.com, 3 June 2007
^ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
^ Sports World: Coll's Sportsworld & Avanti Pro Cycles Archived 25 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ In Touch nzrl.co.nz, August 2011. p.19.
^ Kenny, Jake; Kermeen, Mat; Smith, Tony (14 May 2020). "Former Kiwis captain and West Coast community leader Tony Coll dies". Stuff. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[Statistics_at_rugbyleagueproject.org-1] "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

[2] "COLL, ANTHONY PETER - 1972 - 82". nzleague.co.nz. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.

[legend-3] Three more greats inducted into New Zealand's Legends of League rleague.com, 3 June 2007

[cxiii-4] Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.

[5] Sports World: Coll's Sportsworld & Avanti Pro Cycles Archived 25 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[6] In Touch nzrl.co.nz, August 2011. p.19.

[7] Kenny, Jake; Kermeen, Mat; Smith, Tony (14 May 2020). "Former Kiwis captain and West Coast community leader Tony Coll dies". Stuff. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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 ==Playing career==
-A [[West Coast rugby league team|West Coast]] representative, Coll played in 65 games (including 30 tests) for the [[New Zealand national rugby league team]] including three world cups. Coll trialled for the 1971 Kiwis unsuccessfully, however he was selected the following year.<ref name=legend /> He was the Kiwis captain at the [[1977 Rugby League World Cup|1977 World Cup]].
+A [[West Coast rugby league team|West Coast]] representative, Coll played in 65 games (including 30 tests) for the [[New Zealand national rugby league team]] including three world cups. Coll trialled for the 1971 Kiwis unsuccessfully, however he was selected the following year.<ref name=legend /> He was the Kiwis' captain at the [[1977 Rugby League World Cup|1977 World Cup]].
 Coll also had a brief spell in the [[Canterbury Rugby League]] competition, playing with Marist-Western Suburbs and representing [[Canterbury rugby league team|Canterbury]].<ref name=cxiii>Coffey, John. ''Canterbury XIII'', Christchurch, 1987.</ref>