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Nick Muller

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Nick Muller
Personal information
Full name Nichol Haworth Muller
Date of birth (1914-09-10)10 September 1914
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 19 May 1947(1947-05-19) (aged 32)
Original team(s) North Geelong
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936, 1940 Geelong 10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Nichol Haworth "Nick" Muller (10 September 1914 – 19 May 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

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Muller, from North Geelong, made three VFL appearances for Geelong early in the 1936 VFL season.[1][2]

He didn't play a senior game in 1937, but was a member of the Geelong seconds premiership team.[3] His brother, Angie Muller, played in Geelong's senior premiership that year.[4]

In 1939 he joined Warrnambool in the Hampden Football League and ended the year with another premiership.[5][6]

He returned to Geelong in 1940 and played seven games, including their semi-final loss to Essendon, which would be his final appearance at VFL level.[7]

Death

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Muller died on 19 May 1947, aged 32.[8][9]

An inquest found that he had died from nicotine poisoning. It was unclear how he had ingested nicotine, as he was a non smoker and hadn't been using any insecticide.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ "1936 Stats". AFL Tables.
  3. ^ "Reserves". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Geelong V Collingwood". AFL Tables.
  5. ^ Camperdown Chronicle, "Hampden League Prospects", 6 May 1939, p. 1
  6. ^ Camperdown Chronicle, "Hampden League Pennant", 26 September 1939, p. 1
  7. ^ "1940 Stats". AFL Tables.
  8. ^ a b The Argus, "Source of poisoning remains unsolved", 2 August 1947, p. 6
  9. ^ "Nick Muller – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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