Mick Twomey
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Michael Twomey is a former Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er, who played in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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, (VFL).

At 185 centimetres (72.8 in) in height, Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

's Mick Twomey was taller than his brothers Bill and Pat, and played most of his 157 VFL
Australian Football League
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 games between 1951 and 1961 as a ruckman.

Over the course of his 10 year career Twomey was a member of five Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
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teams, enjoying premiership success in 1953 and 1958.

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