About Don Nicholls
Lived 1936 – 2023 (aged 86). Don Nicholls was an Australian australian rules football player.
Donald Charles Nicholls (23 November 1936 – 10 September 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Nicholls won the 1952 Maryborough District Football League best and fairest award with Primrose Football Club, before playing with Maryborough Football Club in the Ballarat Football League and winning the Ballarat FL best and fairest award in 1953.
The Carlton Football Club recruited Nicholls from the Maryborough Football Club in 1956. The Blues would later sign his younger brother John. Their father ensured that both brothers would play together with one club. Don played 77 senior games as a centreman for Carlton from 1956, when he was Carlton's best first-year player, to 1961.
In 1962 he left Carlton to play for Box Hill.
Don Nicholls died in September 2023, at the age of 86.
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Who was Don Nicholls?
Australian rules footballer (1936-2023)
When was Don Nicholls born?
Don Nicholls was born on 23 November 1936.
When did Don Nicholls die?
Don Nicholls died on 10 September 2023.
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Don Nicholls was an australian rules football player.
What nationality was Don Nicholls?
Don Nicholls was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Don Nicholls. https://biography.guide/don-nicholls/
MLA: "Don Nicholls." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/don-nicholls/.
Chicago: "Don Nicholls." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/don-nicholls/.
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