by the VFL for playing for Maryborough without a clearance. Watson took up foot running to keep fit during the late 1920s and competed in a number of rural athletic race meeting. Watson finally returned to the football field with his home town club of South Warrnambool as captain / coach in 1930, after the VFL lifted his disqualification and St. Kilda granted him a permit. Watson won the 1930 Western District Football Association best and fairest gold medal. In the 1931 Western Districts FA semi final, South Warrnambool captain / coach, Colin Watson was best on ground, but suffered a fractured jaw against Portland. He was once again best on ground the following week in the Preliminary Final against Hamilton. South Warrnambool lost the 1931 grand final to arch rivals Warrnambool by two points, with Watson best on ground. Watson once again led South Warrnambool into the 1932 grand final, but they were defeated by Hamilton, with Watson playing another starring role. He returned to St Kilda in 1933 and was captain-coach of the side in 1934. Watson represented Victoria in a match against South Australia, in Adelaide in 1934. In 1935 he left St. Kilda after the first game of the season and returned to South Warrnambool as their captain-coach. In 1936, Watson took on the captain-coach position at Cobden Football Club. Watson did not initially want to continue on a coach of Cobden in 1937, due to work commitments on his dairy farm at Cudgee, but did stay on a player and eventually ended up as captain / coach in 1937, 1938 and 1939. In August 1937, Watson purchased a large farm property at Ecklin, near Cobden, thus his reason for finishing off his illustrious and at times controversial football career at Cobden. Watson was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the Saints inaugural Hall of Fame in 2003. References External links St. Kilda FC - Hall of Fame Inductees Saints honor roll Colin Watson: Player Profile AFL Tables - Colin Watson AFL Hall of Fame Inductees: Colin Watson 1927 - Ballarat Football League Premiers: Maryborough Football Club - team photo References St Kilda Football Club coaches St Kilda Football Club players Brownlow Medal winners Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Port Melbourne Football Club players Maryborough Football Club players South Warrnambool Football Club players