Don Nicolson (born 5 November 1939) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Nicolson returned to his original club,
Colac, after one season with Essendon. In 1963, he won the
Hampden Football League
The Hampden Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league based in South-Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown to Portland.
The league is a major country ...
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.
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External links
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Essendon Football Club past player profile
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1939 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Essendon Football Club players
Colac Football Club players
20th-century Australian sportsmen