Michael 'Mick' Erwin is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 player who played in the VFL

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 between 1962 and 1964 for the Collingwood Football Club

Collingwood Football Club

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 and from 1965 to 1968 for the Richmond Football Club

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

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Erwin crossed to Coburg

Coburg Tigers

Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's Richmond Football Club which saw the Coburg club change its...

 in the VFA

Victorian Football League

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 during the 1968 season and was Captain/Coach from 1969 to 1972, leading the Lions

Coburg Tigers

Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's Richmond Football Club which saw the Coburg club change its...

 to the 1970 2nd Division premiership. He played in the Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Football Club

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 1974 VFA

Victorian Football League

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 premiership side and went on to coach Prahran

Prahran Football Club

Prahran Football Club, nicknamed The Two Blues, is an Australian rules football club based at Toorak Park in Orrong Road between High Street and Malvern Road, Armadale, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 2007, the club has competed in D1 Section of the Victorian Amateur Football Association...

 to the 1978 VFA

Victorian Football League

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 premiership. He commenced the 1982 season as reserves coach at Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

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 before taking over as senior coach from Tom Hafey

Tom Hafey

Thomas Stanley Raymond Hafey is a former Australian rules football Victorian Football League player and coach. Hafey played for Richmond between 1953 and 1958, and coached four clubs—Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney—between 1966 and 1988, leading teams to a total of four premierships...

 after he was sacked. He coached the Magpies

Collingwood Football Club

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 for the final twelve games of the 1982 VFL

Australian Football League

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season.