Frank Slater

For the U.S. Navy seaman, see Frank O. Slater.

Frank Slater
Personal information
Full name	Colin Frank Slater
Date of birth	(1934-04-12)12 April 1934
Date of death	17 May 2000(2000-05-17) (aged 66)
Original team(s)	Ringwood
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1953–55	Richmond	19 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Colin Frank Slater (12 April 1934 – 17 May 2000) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Slater played at Ringwood for three years in the Eastern Suburban Football League, then onto Richmond in 1953.

Slater won the Richmond reserves best and fairest in 195

Slater was captain-coach of Redcliffe in the Sunraysia Football League from 1957 to 1961, coaching them to a flag in 1959 and runners up in 1960.

Slater then coached Tatura in the Goulburn Valley Football League in 1961 and 1962, before taking on the captain-coach role at Mangoplah in 1963.^[2]

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 822. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. "The Aussie Ruler" (PDF). NSW Football History. South Western DFL. 30 August 1963. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

External links

• Frank Slater's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Frank Slater at AustralianFootball.com
• Frank Slater Profile at Tigerland Archive