Premierships: 1960, 1965, 1974, 1986
Runners-up: 1959, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1991
Overall record: P 846, W 475, L362, D9
Highest scores: 47.33.315 (v Carlton 1991); 33.27.225 (v SM, 1965); 31.35.221 (v Melb 1978).
Biggest winning margins: 302 points (v Carlton 1991); 198 points (v SM, 1965); 181 points (v Melb 1978).
Most games: B Niclasen 67; B Dwyer 62; P Stavropoulos 60
Most goals: R Sweeney 215; B Seiler 205; S Fuller 131; B Niclasen 101.

But we’ve had an estimated 1049 Under-19 players in total. That means there’s around 900 guys who played Under-19s for us who never played senior footy. They may have played reserves, they may have continued their careers elsewhere. But no matter how fleeting the career, every one of those players has been a part of the Collingwood story.

Now, for the first time, we are able to recognise those careers, by chronicling the full list of all those known to have played for the Under-19s between 1951 and the competition’s cessation in 1991. This is due almost solely to the work of gun Magpie researcher Phil Taranto, who has devoted hundreds of hours to working through old newspapers, annual reports, club newsletters and other internal documents to come up with the most accurate list yet produced.

It’s not quite complete. You’ll see there are a number of instances where we don’t have a player’s full christian name, for example. In 1956, 1980 and 1981, we have been unable to find complete player lists and associated games records. There’s a few years in the 1950s where we don’t have accurate or complete goalkicking records. So there is still some variability around some of the figures from those years.

Still, this is the list as it stands, based on extensive research. That research is ongoing, too, and we’ll update our records as new information comes to light. So if you can fill in any of the gaps in the information below, or you have a photo or records of an Under-19s team from any year, then please get in touch with us at forever@collingwoodfc.com.au

Under-19s Players A-D

Under-19s Players E-K

Under-19s Players L-Q

Under-19s Players R-Z

To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from A-D, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from E-K, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from L-Q, please click here.

To learn more about Collingwood’s Under-19 team, please click here.

To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from A-D, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from E-K, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from R-Z, please click here.

To learn more about Collingwood’s Under-19 team, please click here.

To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from A-D, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from L-Q, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from R-Z, please click here.

To learn more about Collingwood’s Under-19 team, please click here.

To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from E-K, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from L-Q, please click here. To view players to represent Collingwood’s Under-19 team between 1951 and 1991 with surnames beginning from R-Z, please click here.

To learn more about Collingwood’s Under-19 team, please click here.

The object of the team was to provide recruits for the senior team, and a number of the first intake went on to play senior VFL football with Collingwood, including the winner of the first best and fairest award, Les Smith (other alumni from that first season include Neville Waller, Bill Jones and Laurie Rymer).

The award was named after former captain and then president, Syd Coventry. Fittingly, Syd Coventry Jnr finished equal third in the best and fairest voting that year.

The award ceased in 1991, when the under-19s competition was disbanded to make way for what became the TAC Cup under-18s competition and is now known as the NAB League.