Stuart Mangin 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 with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Mangin, who was from Macleod originally, was playing with the Northern Knights

Northern Knights

The Northern Knights are an Australian rules football club playing in the TAC Cup, an under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based in Preston, representing the northern suburban area of Melbourne....

 in the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

 when drafted by the Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

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.
He only played reserves football for the Swans and was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 1997 season. The trade saw Mangin and teammate Clinton King

Clinton King

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 go to Collingwood, in exchange of Robert Ahmat

Robert AhMat

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 and the draft selection which secured Fred Campbell

Fred Campbell

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.

He made three appearances for Collingwood in the 1998 AFL season and in the last of those kicked two goals against Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

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. A defender, he later played at Norwood

Norwood Football Club

Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...

.