Players almost always hope for - and most often receive - a bit of leeway from the critics in their

Jim Flynn is definitely a player whose story can be filed under the “one who got away”

Ended up playing the VFL with

Defender who later went on to play for South Melbourne in the

Reliable defender with Fitzroy who joined the Magpies in 1895 and played in the 1896 Premiership

Of all the players who appeared with Collingwood during the VFA days, none remained involved with

Collingwood has a few well-known examples of players injuring themselves at training in the lead-up