Col Geelan
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Satnley Colin Geelan | |||||
| Nickname | Col | |||||
| Born | 1927 | |||||
| Died | 11 May 1996 Bawley Point, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1948–54 | Newtown Jets | 75 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 1956–57 | Canterbry-Banks. | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 107 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1952–54 | New South Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1951–53 | Australia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1954 | Newtown Jets | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 75 |
| 1957 | Canterbury | 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, 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
| Preceded by Frank Johnson 1953 |
Coach Newtown Jets 1954 |
Succeeded by Dick Poole 1955-1958 |