Colin Braid

Colin Braid
Colin Braid
Personal information
Full name	Colin Walter Braid
Date of birth	23 November 1913
Date of death	15 June 1938 (aged 24)
Original team(s)	South Broken Hill
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1934	Essendon
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Walter Braid (23 November 1913 – 15 June 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2] Braid died aged 24, from head injuries sustained when he fell while working in a Broken Hill mine.^[3]^[4]

Notes

^ "Past Player Profiles – B". essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "Death of Footballer". The Barrier Miner (Home ed.). Broken Hill, NSW. 15 June 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Mr. Braid's Death Was Accidental; North Mine Fall". The Barrier Miner (Home ed.). Broken Hill, NSW. 30 June 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 7 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.