Colin Scotts (born April 26, 1963) is distinguished by being the first Australian to win a football scholarship in the United States to be drafted into the NFL. He became the second Australian to play in the NFL after Colin Ridgeway, an Australian rules football convert. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... Colin Ridgeway (born February 19, 1939) was distinguished as being the first Australian to play in the NFL. his wife had him murdered Ridgway was a high jumper who competed at the 1956 Olympic Games and 1958 Commonwealth Games for Australia. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... Listing of Australian rules footballers to have entered the gridiron competition, the National Football League. ...

Growing up in Palm Beach, Sydney, Scotts first played rugby union for Scotts' College and had a successful career in the sport. He later moved to Hawaii, where he converted to gridiron (being spotted by a college scout during a schoolboy's rugby game). After being drafted (as the first pick of the third round), he forged a fairly brief but successful career in the NFL where he played as a defensive end for the St. Louis/ Arizona Cardinals and (although briefly) for the Houston Oilers. He finished after his fifth season and after his retirement from the sport he shifted to business (in Texas). Colin also had a brief stint with the WWE under the name 'The Thunder From Down Under'. Colin has an unpleasent history with the IRS according to his autobiography 'All Balls'. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... A rugby union scrum. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ...

Today, Colin is a motivational speaker living in Sydney's North Shore and is an under-appreciated Australian athlete according to some. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...