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Michael Horsburgh

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Michael Horsburgh
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-01-15) 15 January 1958 (age 66)
Original team(s) Coleraine
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 97 kg (214 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1980 Collingwood 4 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael Horsburgh (born 15 January 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Horsburgh, a ruckman, played originally for Coleraine in the Western Border Football League (WBFL).[2] In 1978 he finished second, on countback, in the league's best and fairest, but was retrospectively awarded the medal 24 years later.[3] He made four appearances for Collingwood, early in the 1980 VFL season, then he returned to the WBFL, as playing coach of Casterton.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ Canberra Times, "Questions will be answered in VFL", 29 March 1980, p. 37
  3. ^ Portland Observer, "Interchange boost …Sunday grand final, no night games" Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 4 December 2002, p. 37
  4. ^ AFL Tables: Mike Horsburgh
  5. ^ "Best & Fairest - Casterton Football Club". Fox Sports Pulse.