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Don Nicolson

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Don Nicolson
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.

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  1. ^ 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.
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