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Joe Royle of Everton, Tony Currie of Sheffield United -
Bobby Collins -
A portrait of Bobby Collins during his days playing inside-left for Everton FC
Dubbed ‘The Little General’ and ‘Pocket Napoleon’, 5ft 3in Bobby Collins possessed a steeliness that belied his diminutive stature.
A biography of Collins describes him as ‘Scotland’s Mighty Atom’ and his combination of skill and aggression made the inside forward a firm favourite with Evertonians.
Collins’ £24,000 signing from Celtic in 1958 – made at a time when Everton were managerless after the sacking of Ian Buchan – was front page news on Merseyside.
The Glaswegian could have been a Blues player 11 years earlier but arriving at Goodison as a 16-year-old junior player he left a few weeks later due to homesickness and the angry Blues complained to the Scottish FA who punished him with a six-week ban.
Collins netted 48 times in 147 appearances for Everton but Harry Catterick risked the wrath of his own supporters by letting the 31-year-old go to Leeds United for £30,000 in March 1962.
The Blues went on to be crowned League Champions little more than a year later but at Elland Road, Collins helped transform Don Revie’s side from Second Division strugglers into an established top flight outfit.
Though not bitter about his Everton exit, Collins showed there was no love lost on subsequent returns to his old stamping ground and he was involved in the ‘Battle of Goodison’ in 1964 when the referee took both sets of players off the pitch for a ‘cooling-off period.’
Still turning out for Scotland, Collins was named Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year in 1965, a season in which Leeds finished runners-up in both the League and FA Cup.
A portrait of Bobby Collins during his days playing inside-left for Everton FC
Dubbed ‘The Little General’ and ‘Pocket Napoleon’, 5ft 3in Bobby Collins possessed a steeliness that belied his diminutive stature.
A biography of Collins describes him as ‘Scotland’s Mighty Atom’ and his combination of skill and aggression made the inside forward a firm favourite with Evertonians.
Collins’ £24,000 signing from Celtic in 1958 – made at a time when Everton were managerless after the sacking of Ian Buchan – was front page news on Merseyside.
The Glaswegian could have been a Blues player 11 years earlier but arriving at Goodison as a 16-year-old junior player he left a few weeks later due to homesickness and the angry Blues complained to the Scottish FA who punished him with a six-week ban.
Collins netted 48 times in 147 appearances for Everton but Harry Catterick risked the wrath of his own supporters by letting the 31-year-old go to Leeds United for £30,000 in March 1962.
The Blues went on to be crowned League Champions little more than a year later but at Elland Road, Collins helped transform Don Revie’s side from Second Division strugglers into an established top flight outfit.
Though not bitter about his Everton exit, Collins showed there was no love lost on subsequent returns to his old stamping ground and he was involved in the ‘Battle of Goodison’ in 1964 when the referee took both sets of players off the pitch for a ‘cooling-off period.’
Still turning out for Scotland, Collins was named Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year in 1965, a season in which Leeds finished runners-up in both the League and FA Cup.
The prince of Centre Halves -
