Col Geelan
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Full name | Satnley Colin Geelan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 May 1996 Bawley Point, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, Col 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 the Newtown Jets between 1950-1954 playing over 75 first grade games, then captain-coached Rockhampton, Queensland in 1955.
He returned to Sydney to captain the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 1956, and he captain-coached them in 1957 before retiring.
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.[2]
He was appointed player-coach of Newtown Jets in 1954 and they won the minor premiership but he missed the Grand Final through injury.[3][4]
Col Geelan died on 11 May 1996, age 69 at his home in Bawley Point, New South Wales.
References
- ^ Rugby league project profile
- ^ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 53
- ^ Geelan becomes Newtown Coach
- ^ Rugby League Project- Col Geelan
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1929 births
- Australian rugby league players
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players
- New South Wales rugby league team players
- Australia national rugby league team players
- Newtown Jets players
- Australian rugby league coaches
- Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coaches
- Newtown Jets coaches
- 1996 deaths
- Australian rugby league biography stubs