Col Geelan
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| Full name | Stanley Colin Geelan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1927 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 May 1996 (aged 69) Bawley Point, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanley Colin (Col) Geelan (1927–1996)[1] was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Career
A Newtown Junior, Geelan started his career at Newtown in 1948, but then spent the 1949 season at Gunnedah before returning in 1950. He played five-eight and centre during his career.
He played five seasons for Newtown between 1950-1954 playing over 75 first grade games, then captain-coached Rockhampton, Queensland in 1955.
He returned to Sydney to captain Canterbury-Bankstown in 1956, and he captain-coached them in 1957 before retiring.[2]
Representative career
Col Geelan also represented New South Wales in three games between 1952 and 1954. He was selected for Australia on 8 occasions between 1951 and 1953 including the 1952/53 Kangaroo Tour. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.287.[3]
He was appointed player-coach of Newtown in 1954 and they won the minor premiership but he missed the Grand Final through injury.[4][5]
Geelan died on 11 May 1996, age 69 at his home in Bawley Point, New South Wales.
References
- ^ Rugby league project profile
- ^ "BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB - OFFICIAL WEBSITE". thebulldogs.com.au.
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 53
- ^ Geelan becomes Newtown Coach
- ^ Rugby League Project- Col Geelan
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