Col Geelan
Personal information
Full nameStanley Colin Geelan
Born(1927-03-11)11 March 1927
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died11 May 1996(1996-05-11) (aged 69)
Bawley Point, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionCentre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–54 Newtown 75 32 0 0 96
1956–57 Canterbury-Bankstown 32 2 0 0 6
Total 107 34 0 0 102
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1951–53 Australia 8 4 0 0 12
1952–54 New South Wales 3 1 0 0 3
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1954 Newtown 20 15 2 3 75
1957 Canterbury-Bankstown 18 3 1 14 17
Total 38 18 3 17 47

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 and 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

  1. ↑ Rugby league project profile
  2. ↑ "BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB – OFFICIAL WEBSITE". thebulldogs.com.au.
  3. ↑ ARL Annual Report 2005, page 53
  4. ↑ Geelan becomes Newtown Coach
  5. ↑ Rugby League Project- Col Geelan


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