Ginger Colton

Ginger Colton

Full name	Alfred John Colton[1]
Date of birth	25 March 1875[1]
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland [1]
Date of death	c. 1946[1]
Notable relative(s)	Tom Colton
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	number 8[1]
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1899[1]	Australia[1]	2[1]	(3)[1]

Alfred John 'Ginger' Colton (25 March 1875 – c. 1946) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.

Colton, a number 8, was born in Brisbane Queensland and claimed two international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side. His younger brother Tom Colton also represented for Australia in 1904.

Colton (2nd row, 3rd from right) in the Australian rugby union team 1899

Colton appears front row far right,^[2] after the 1 July Queensland match against the 1899 British Lions.^[3]

Published references

• Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
• Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

Footnotes

1. "Scrum.com player profile of Ginger Colton". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. "The BattleStained Queensland Team AS Photographed Immediately After The Match." (Photograph with caption.). The Queenslander. Brisbane, Australia. 8 July 1899. p. 73 S. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
3. "International Football.". The Queenslander. Brisbane, Australia. 8 July 1899. p. 73 S. Retrieved 17 September 2010.