Collingwood has an extraordinary record when it comes to members of the same family having represented the Club - father-sons, siblings, even grandfathers and grandsons. Below you'll find lists of some of the more important of our family ties.
Our first father-son was Charlie Pannam Jnr (son of Charlie Pannam Snr) who debuted in 1917. The most sons we’ve had from any one player is three - Bill Twomey’s three sons and David Cloke’s three. Brian Beers, Syd Coventry, Charlie Pannam Snr, Ray Shaw, Peter Daicos and Gavin Brown each provided two, while Brown also provided a daughter. In all we've had 46 father-sons from 36 different fathers, and two father-daughters.
With brothers, we have had 47 pairings so far, with 104 siblings in all. Our first brothers were Harry and Jim Dowdall, way back in the 1890s, after Jim joined his brother for a single season in 1897.
As with father-sons, there have been many more combinations where one or more of the family played senior football, and others only made it as far as reserves or under-19s. If you know of any others, please let us know.
Massive shoutout to Phil Taranto and Rob Harris, whose exhaustive research made this all possible!
Table 1: Father-sons where both/all played senior football for Collingwood
| FATHER | SON(S) | COMBINED GAMES |
| George Angus | Les Angus | 166 |
| Ricky Barham | Jaxson Barham | 158 |
| Vin Batchelor | Keith Batchelor | 23 |
| Brian Beers | Tony & Mark Beers | 105 |
| Gavin Brown | Callum & Tyler Brown | 351 |
| Jack Carmody | John Carmody | 110 |
| Jack Carroll | Ted Carroll | 5 |
| Ron Carruthers Snr | Ron Carruthers Jnr | 56 |
| David Cloke | Jason, Cameron & Travis Cloke | 457 |
| Syd Coventry Snr | Hugh & Syd Coventry Jnr | 242 |
| Peter Daicos | Josh & Nick Daicos | 496 (to end 2025) |
| Craig Davis | Nick Davis | 173 |
| Maurie 'Mocha' Dunstan | Graeme Dunstan | 103 |
| Mick Erwin | Michael Erwin | 32 |
| Graeme Fellowes | Wes Fellowes | 168 |
| Jack W Green Snr | Jack T Green | 235 |
| Jack T Green | Jack W Green | 145 |
| Ron Hibbert | Danny Hibbert | 25 |
| Craig Kelly | Will Kelly | 127 |
| Jock McHale | John McHale | 295 |
| Charlie Milburn | Pat Milburn | 66 |
| Barry Mitchell | Tom Mitchell | 49 |
| Jack Monohan Snr | Jack Monohan Jnr | 243* |
| Peter Moore | Darcy Moore | 367 (to end 2025) |
| Rod Oborne | Brad Oborne | 92 |
| Charlie Pannam Snr | Charlie Jnr & Alby Pannam | 507* |
| Wayne Richardson | Mark Richardson | 418 |
| Bob Rose | Robert Rose | 178 |
| Ray Shaw | Rhyce & Heath Shaw | 413 |
| Graeme Shephard | Heath Shephard | 57 |
| Des Tuddenham | Paul Tuddenham | 222 |
| Ken Turner | Jamie Turner | 330 |
| Bill Twomey Snr | Bill Jnr, Pat & Mick Twomey | 455 |
| Tom Wallis | Gary Wallis | 111 |
| Murray Weideman | Mark Weideman | 208 |
| Marcus Whelan | Shane Whelan | 193 |
* Games totals include games played in VFA competition, 1892-96
Table 2: Brothers who both/all played senior football for Collingwood
| BROTHERS | COMBINED GAMES |
| Les & Clarrie ABBOTT | 3 |
| Ted, Reg & Selwyn BAKER | 104 |
| Tom & Jim BAXTER | 93 |
| Mark & Tony BEERS | 45 |
| Dennis & John BELL | 4 |
| Leo & Tommy BIRD | 25 |
| Ian & Ross BREWER | 131 |
| Callum & Tyler BROWN | 97 |
| Norm & Colin CAMPBELL | 85 |
| Jason, Cameron & Travis CLOKE | 343 |
| Eric & Herbert COCK | 38 |
| Albert & Harry COLLIER | 458 |
| Syd & Gordon COVENTRY | 533 |
| Hugh & Syd Jnr COVENTRY | 15 |
| Josh & Nick DAICOS | 246 (to end 2025) |
| Mike & Robert DELANTY | 92 |
| Harry & Jim DOWDALL | 118* |
| Alf & Charlie DUMMETT | 122 |
| Matthew & Wilfred FELL | 123 |
| Jack, Bob & Frank GALBALLY | 21 |
| Percy, Len & Reg GIBB | 186 |
| Fred, Arthur & Edward LEACH | 280 |
| Ted & George LOCKWOOD | 82 |
| Darcy (Doug) & Bertie McDOUGALL | 2 |
| Shane & Paul MORWOOD | 210 |
| Frank & Len MURPHY | 318 |
| Alec, Charles & Fred MUTCH | 150 |
| Des & Frank NEGRI | 36 |
| Charles & Dave NEWMAN | 66 |
| Charlie Snr & Albert PANNAM | 257* |
| Charlie Jnr & Alby PANNAM | 278 |
| Lou & Ron RICHARDS | 393 |
| Wayne & Max RICHARDSON | 488 |
| Saverio & Anthony ROCCA | 376 |
| Bob, Bill, Kevin & Ralph ROSE | 374 |
| Jack & Bob ROSS | 152 |
| Bob & Bryan RUSH | 159 |
| Scott & Kym RUSSELL | 185 |
| Dave & Mick RYAN | 100 |
| Ray, Tony & Neville SHAW | 502 |
| Rhyce & Heath SHAW | 267 |
| Ron & Stan SMITH | 94 |
| Fred & Roy STABB | 24 |
| Robert & Paul STEVENS | 27 |
| Bill Jnr, Pat & Mick TWOMEY | 401 |
| Doug & Stan WATSFORD | 23 |
| Percy & Stan YATES | 10 |
* Games totals include games played in VFA competition, 1892-96
Table 3: Father-daughters where both/all played senior football for Collingwood
| FATHER | DAUGHTER(S) | COMBINED GAMES |
| Gavin Brown | Tarni Brown | 288 |
| Stephen Patterson | Violet Patterson | 107 (to end 2025 AFLW) |
Table 4: Father-sons where the father played senior football for Collingwood but the son(s) played only with lower grades (under-19s, reserves, VFL)
| FATHER (played seniors) | SON(S) (played lower levels only) |
| Lee Adamson | Mark Adamson (8 reserves games) |
| George Anderson | George S Anderson (6 reserves games) |
| Jack Arnott | Steve Arnott (25 reserves games, 10 U19s) |
| George Beasley Snr | George Beasley Jnr (32 U19s games) |
| Jack Beveridge | John Beveridge (9 reserves games, 14 U19s) |
| Michael Bone | Simon Bone (9 reserves games) |
| George Carter | Graeme Carter (2 U19s games) |
| Michael Christian | Nicky Christian (1 reserves game) |
| Eric Cock | Graeme Cock (28 U19s games) |
| Gordon Coventry | George Coventry (1 reserves game) |
| Graham Coventry (9 reserves games) | |
| Syd Coventry Snr | John Coventry (3 reserves games) |
| Gordon Coventry (3 reserves games) | |
| Paul Cranage | Sam Cranage (1 reserves game) |
| Vin Doherty | Michael Doherty (2 reserves games, 14 U19s) |
| Alf Dummett | Norman Dummett (2 reserves games) |
| Mick Erwin | Mark Erwin (13 U19s games) |
| Des Fothergill Snr | Des Fothergill Jnr (2 reserves games, 17 U19s) |
| Rupe Hannah | Peter Hannah (28 reserves games) |
| Ray Horwood | Craig Horwood (3 reserves games) |
| Ernie Hug Snr | Ernie Hug Jnr (14 reserves games) |
| Fred Keays | Terence Keays (2 U19s games) |
| Michael Keays (21 U19s games) | |
| Craig Kelly | Jake Kelly (3 reserves games) |
| Charlie Laxton | Jack Laxton (13 reserves games) |
| John Mackie (VFA) | Gordon Mackie (3 reserves games) |
| Mick McGuane | Tom McGuane (3 reserves games) |
| Ron McKeown | Ned McKeown (6 reserves games) |
| Thorold Merrett | Paul Merrett (17 U19s games) |
| Damian Monkhorst | Ben Monkhorst (5 reserves games) |
| Guy Moore | Dennis Moore (3 reserves games, 25 U19s) |
| Peter Moore (4 U19s games) | |
| Clarrie Morelli | Des Morelli (10 U19s games) |
| Lance Mounsey | Max Mounsey (4 reserves games) |
| John Murton | Phil Murton (20 reserves games) |
| Alby Pannam | Graham Pannam (35 U19s games) |
| Charlie Pannam Snr | Eric Pannam (4 reserves games) |
| Bill Picken | Marcus Picken (2 reserves games) |
| Barry Price | Rohan Price (19 reserves games, 1 U19s) |
| Paddy Rowan (Percy Rowe) | Percy Rowe Jnr (37 reserves games) |
| Ken Smale | Jeff Smale (10 U19s games) |
| Craig Starcevich | Jackson Starcevich (6 reserves games) |
| Harvey Stevens | Noel Stevens (43 reserves games, 10 U19s) |
| Alfred Stokes (VFA) | Harry Stokes (30 reserves games) |
| Bill Twomey Snr | Peter Twomey (2 reserves games) |
| Mick Twomey | Paul Twomey (9 U19s games) |
| Kevin Wade | Greg Wade (12 reserves games) |
| Tom Wallis | Glen Wallis (21 U19s games) |
| Leo Wescott | Leo Wescott Jnr (4 reserves games) |
| Shane Woewodin | Taj Woewodin (13 reserves games) |
Table 5: Father-sons where the father played lower grade football for Collingwood and the son played seniors
| SON (played seniors) | FATHER (played lower levels only) |
| John Dellamarta | Ron Dellamarta (12 reserves games) |
| Len Fitzgerald | Tom Fitzgerald (3 reserves games) |
| Brett Gloury | Neville Gloury (2 reserves games, 7 U19s) |
| Ben Johnson | John Johnson (6 reserves games, 22 U19s) |
| Terry Keays | Terence Keays (2 U19s games) |
| Harvey Stevens | Arthur Stevens (3 reserves games) |
| David Twomey | Peter Twomey (2 reserves games) |
Table 6: Brothers of senior footballers who played only reserves or U19s
| BROTHER(S) WHO PLAYED SENIORS | BROTHER(S) WHO PLAYED LOWER LEVELS |
| Les Ames | Charles Ames (4 reserves games) |
| Bruce Andrew | Horrie Andrew (1 reserves game) |
| Ricky Barham | Billy Barham (50 reserves games) |
| Greg Beck | Lindsay Beck (5 reserves games) |
| Jarryd Blair | Jack Blair (37 reserves games) |
| Peter Boyne | Ralph Boyne (8 U19s games) |
| Murray Browne | Trevor Browne (31 reserves games, 43 U19s) |
| Jeff Browne (22 U19s games) | |
| Jack Burns | Jim Burns (2 reserves games) |
| Blake Caracella | Craig Caracella (10 reserves games) |
| Jack Carmody | Frank Carmody (7 reserves games) |
| Bert Chapman | Brian Chapman (18 U19s games) |
| Harry Chesswas | Wal Chesswas (17 reserves games) |
| Tom Chesswas (12 reserves games) | |
| Jim Crowe | Neil Crowe (5 reserves games) |
| Peter Daicos | Victor Daicos (13 U19s games) |
| Robert Dean | Geoff Dean (30 U19s games) |
| Andrew Dimattina | Frank Dimattina (8 reserves games) |
| Nick Dimattina (4 reserves games) | |
| Vin Doherty | Jack Doherty (4 reserves games) |
| Vic Donald | John Donald (5 reserves games) |
| Michael Erwin | Mark Erwin (13 U19s games) |
| Mark Fraser | Darren Fraser (38 reserves games, 24 U19s) |
| Pat Fricker | Dennis Fricker (24 reserves games) |
| Bill Glynn | Leo Glynn (3 reserves games) |
| Doug Gott | Royce Gott (2 U19s games) |
| George Hams | Bruce Hams (4 reserves games) |
| Wally Haysom | Stan Haysom (1 reserves game) |
| Bob Heard | Keith Heard (1 reserves game, 44 2 U19s) |
| John Henderson | Bernie Henderson (11 reserves games, 9 U19s) |
| Trent Hotton | Cameron Hotton (20 reserves games) |
| Robert Hyde | Brian Hyde (22 reserves games) |
| Graeme Jenkin | Barry Jenkin (12 U19s games) |
| Russell Jessop | Garry Jessop (7 reserves games, 49 U19s) |
| Ray Keegan | Ralph Keegan (13 reserves games) |
| Will Kelly | Jake Kelly (3 reserves games) |
| Rene Kink | Adrian Kink (14 U19s games) |
| Bob Kupsch | Bill Kupsch (10 U19s games) |
| Dennis Le Gassick | Ron Le Gassick (16 U19s games) |
| Peter Lucas | Albert Lucas (2 reserves games) |
| George Lucas (1 reserves game) | |
| Ernie Lumsden | Harold Lumsden (6 reserves games) |
| Con McCarthy | Albert McCarthy (16 reserves games) |
| Wes McGaw | Darryl McGaw (20 reserves games, 24 U19s) |
| Jason McGaw (3 U19s games) | |
| Harry Mears | Evan Mears (21 reserves games) |
| Thorold Merrett | Anthony Merrett (2 reserves games, 3 U19s) |
| Pat Milburn | Jim Milburn (9 U19s games) |
| Chris Milburn (2 U19s games) | |
| Geoff Miles | Gary Miles (22 U19s games) |
| Darren Millane | Sean Millane (9 reserves games) |
| Jack Monohan Snr | Cliff Monohan (49 reserves games) |
| Peter Moore | Andrew Moore (14 reserves games) |
| Sam Murray | Toby Murray (1 reserves game) |
| Charlie Jnr & Alby Pannam | Eric Pannam (4 reserves games) |
| Neil Peart | David Peart (4 reserves games, 15 U19s) |
| Scott Pendlebury | Kris Pendlebury (69 reserves games) |
| Ryan Pendlebury (51 reserves games) | |
| Rupe Perrett | William Perrett (11 reserves games) |
| Terry Philippe | Jeff Philippe (7 U19s games) |
| Harold Powell | Edgar Powell (6 reserves games) |
| Jack Power | Wally Power (15 reserves games) |
| Isaac Quaynor | Luke Quaynor (9 reserves games) |
| Bob, Bill, Kevin & Ralph Rose | Colin Rose (10 reserves games, 6 U19s) |
| Bob & Jack Ross | Clive Ross (27 reserves games) |
| Phil Ryan | William Ryan (1 reserves game) |
| Ray, Tony & Neville Shaw | Kelvin Shaw (2 reserves games, 18 U19s) |
| Ken Smale | Bob (Barry) Smale (2 U19s games) |
| Ron & Stan Smith | Jim Smith (18 reserves games) |
| Les Stainsby | James Stainsby (3 reserves games) |
| Frank Tuck | Anthony Tuck (1 reserves game) |
| Des Tuddenham | David Tuddenham (20 reserves games) |
| Bill Jnr, Pat & Mick Twomey | Peter Twomey (2 reserves games) |
| Charlie Utting | Wally Utting (2 reserves games) |
| Kevin Wade | Jack Wade (1 reserves game) |
| Neville Waller | Ron Waller (10 reserves games, 48 U19s) |
| Gary Wallis | Glen Wallis (21 U19s games) |
| Ron Wearmouth | Dick Wearmouth (18 reserves games) |
| Marcus Whelan | Jim Whelan (2 reserves games) |
| Terry Wight | Robert Wight (13 U19s games) |
| Kevin Wylie | Jack Wylie (17 reserves games) |
Table 7: 'grand' family connections (where both/all played seniors)
| SENIOR PLAYER | 'GRAND' CONNECTED SENIOR PLAYER(S) |
| Bob Bird | Grandfather of Brian Beers & Kevin Wylie. Great grandfather to Mark and Tony Beers |
| George Callesen | Great grandfather of Michael Browne |
| Jack W Green Snr | Grandfather of Jack W Green Jnr |
| Charlie Norris | Great great grandfather of Will Hoskin Elliott |
| Fred Keays | Grandfather of Terry Keays |
| Ernie Lumsden | Great grandfather of Chris Bryan |
| Robert Michael | Great grandfather of Mal Michael |
| Charlie Pannam Snr | Grandfather of Lou & Ron Richards |
| Jim Sharp | Great grandfather of Paul Seedsman |
| Stan Smith | Grandfather of Brad Oborne |
| Bill Twomey Snr | Grandfather of David Twomey |
