Don Nicolson
Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Don Nicolson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Don Nicolson | ||
Date of birth | (1939-11-05)5 November 1939 | ||
Original team(s) | Colac | ||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1959 | Essendon | 5 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Don Nicolson (born 5 November 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] Nicolson returned to his original club, Colac, after one season with Essendon. In 1963, he won the Hampden Football League best and fairest. Nicolson was later captain-coach of South Colac before coming back to Colac in the 1970s in the positions of under-18s coach and club president.
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 658. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
- Don Nicolson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Don Nicolson at AustralianFootball.com
- Essendon Football Club past player profile