Col Hebbard

Australian rules footballer

Col Hebbard
Personal information
Full name	Colin Edward George Hebbard
Date of birth	(1936-11-10) 10 November 1936 (age 87)
Original team(s)	Mount Hawthorn
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s)	Half back/forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1957–61	Essendon	85 (24)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Edward George Hebbard (born 10 November 1936) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL.

Hebbard, a West Australian, was recruited to Essendon as number 4, from Perth club Mount Hawthorn. He shared his VFL debut with future star John Birt and participated in both Essendon's losing Grand Finals of 1957 and 1959. Over the course of his five seasons he played mostly as a half forward and half back.

After leaving Essendon he turned to the WANFL and began playing at West Perth. He made a total of 93 senior appearances for the club, some beside his brothers Neville and Robert. During the 1960s he represented Western Australia in six interstate matches, four of them in the 1966 Hobart Carnival.

References

Col Hebbard's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Col Hebbard at AustralianFootball.com
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Western Australian squad – 1966 Interstate Carnival

Western Australia 26.18 (174) defeated Victoria (VFA) 5.11 (41), at North Hobart Oval, 9 June 1966, crowd: 20,047
Western Australia 13.11 (89) defeated South Australia 10.14 (74), at North Hobart Oval, 13 June 1966, crowd: 13,969
Western Australia 17.13 (115) defeated Tasmania 16.10 (106), at North Hobart Oval, 16 June 1966, crowd: 10,199
Victoria (VFL) 15.10 (100) defeated Western Australia 13.7 (85), at North Hobart Oval, 18 June 1966, crowd: 23,368