Mike Coligan made an important contribution to Norwood's emergence from a prolonged period in the doldrums during the early 1970s. A chunkily built, well balanced, strong marking full forward, his tally of 77 goals in 1970 was good enough to top the Redlegs' list, while the 81 he managed two years later was the season's best in the SANFL. Between 1969 and 1975 Coligan played 83 senior games, but his career ended disappointingly when he managed just 1 league appearance during his final year, and ended up playing in the reserves grand final on the day that the seniors lifted their first flag in a quarter of a century. Nevertheless, good clubman that he was, Coligan will doubtless have gleaned at least a small measure of consolation from the fact that the reserves won their premiership as well.


*Courtesy of John Devaney at www.fullpointsfooty.net

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