Don Nicholls
| Don Nicholls | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Donald Charles Nicholls | ||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1936 | ||
| Date of death | 10 September 2023 (aged 86) | ||
| Original team(s) | Maryborough | ||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1956–61 | Carlton | 77 (32) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Donald Charles Nicholls (23 November 1936 – 10 September 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The Carlton Football Club recruited Nicholls from the Maryborough Football Club in 1956. The Blues would later sign his younger brother John.[2] Their father ensured that both brothers would play together with one club.[3] Don played 77 senior games as a centreman for Carlton from 1956, when he was Carlton's best first-year player, to 1961.[4]
In 1962 he left Carlton to play for Box Hill.
Don Nicholls died in September 2023, at the age of 86.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 618. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ "My brother and my friend forever: Big Nick's tribute to the late Don Nicholls". carltonfc.com.au. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Big Nick and Ragsy". The Age. 30 August 2007.
- ^ Don Nicholls Profile
- ^ ""My brother and my friend forever": Big Nick's tribute to the late Don Nicholls". Carlton F.C. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
External links[edit]
- Don Nicholls's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Don Nicholls's profile at Blueseum
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