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Australian rules footballer

Col Kinnear
Personal information
Full name	Colin Kinnear
Date of birth	10 January 1947
Original team(s)	UHSOB
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1989–1991	Sydney Swans	66 (23–42–1)

Colin 'Col' Kinnear (born 10 January 1947) is a former Australian rules football coach who coached the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. He is the son of former Melbourne player Joe Kinnear.

Kinnear played amateur football in Melbourne during the 1960s through University High School Old Boys until two knee operations forced him into premature retirement, leading to his first taste of coaching and also premiership success. However, Kinnear was an outstanding cricketer too, initially taking him to London, after his football playing career ended, amid a stint for Middlesex Second XI. He would return to play Melbourne district cricket for Carlton that included wicketkeeping in three district premierships.

Kinnear started his coaching career at VFA club Coburg in charge of the reserves before coaching the seniors in 1977 until the end of the 1980 season. Kinnear impressed enough to be appointed the VFL reserves coach of North Melbourne from 1981 until 1983. He then joined Carlton in 1984, steering its reserves to premierships in 1986 and 1987 among four consecutive grand finals. He was also assistant coach of Carlton's seniors during this period and helped them to the 1987 VFL premiership.

In 1989, he replaced Tom Hafey as coach of the Sydney Swans and the club finished a respectable seventh in his first year in charge. They struggled over the next two seasons and in 1992 Kinnear lost his job to Gary Buckenara.

He returned to Carlton after his Sydney stint ended and served the Blues in a variety of positions, including Chairman of the Match Committee, Football Manager, General Manager of Football Operations and General Manager of Special Projects.

References

"Col Kinnear". AFL Tables.

External links

Blueseum: Col Kinnear

v t e Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans
VFL/AFL	1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1917: Belcher 1918–1919: Elms/Howson 1920: Hiskins 1921: Wood 1922: Cazaly 1923–1928: Pannam 1929: Caldwell 1929: Fleiter 1930–1931: Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937–1938: Cazaly 1939: Matthews 1940: Baggott 1941–1944: J. Kelly 1945–1948: Adams 1948–1949: Hale 1950–1952: Lane 1953: Nash 1954–1957: Matthews 1958–1959: Clegg 1960–1961: Faul 1962–1964: McMahen 1965–1966: Skilton 1967–1968: Miller 1969–1972: Smith 1973–1975: John 1976–1977: Stewart 1978: Tuddenham 1979–1981: Stewart 1982–1984: Quade 1984: Hammond 1985: Northey 1986–1988: Hafey 1989–1991: Kinnear 1992–1993: Buckenara 1993: Scott 1993–1995: Barassi 1996–2002: Eade 2002–2010: Roos 2011–2024: Longmire 2025–: Cox
AFLW	2022 (S7)–: Gowans
Italics denote caretaker coach

v t e New South Wales team – 1990 State of Origin (Australian rules football)
New South Wales 13.8 (86) defeated Victoria 10.16 (76), at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 20 May 1990
Allison Bolton Brownless Carey Cordy A. Daniher C. Daniher N. Daniher T. Daniher (c) Eustice Gayfer Ironmonger Longmire Mitchell Morris Phyland Potter Powell Roberts Toohey Werner Wright (vc)
Coach: Kinnear

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