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! style="background:black; color:gold" |  Glenelg Career Highlights
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* Coached Glenelg [[1977]] - [[1978]]
** took Glenelg to 2nd and 4th

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| PLAYING RECORD:
* Carlton (1957–1974)
** 328 Games, 307 goals

ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Carlton Football Club Team of the Century – ruck
* Carlton Premiership side: 1968, 1970, 1972
* Carlton Premiership captain/coach: 1972
* Carlton captain: 1963, 1968–1974
* Carlton Best and Fairest: 1959, 1963, 1965-66-67
** (Award renamed in his honour in 2004)
* Carlton Best First Year Player: 1957
* Victorian State Representative: 31 occasions (record)
* Australian Football Hall of Fame – inaugural legend (1996)
* AFL Team of the Century – back pocket

COACHING RECORD:
* Carlton (1972–1975)
** 75 matches

* Coburg Tigers (1981)

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One of the truly great players in the history of VFL/AFL football, and the man widely regarded as the finest ruckman ever to play the game, John Nicholls led the Carlton Football Club to two Premierships as captain, and a third as captain-coach, in a celebrated playing career spanning 18 seasons.

‘Big Nick’ was a skilful and inspirational on-field leader, as well as a fierce protector of his team-mates. He played his first senior match before his eighteenth birthday, and was retired – against his will - by the Carlton committee just 17 days before he turned thirty-five. In between, his career was packed with glory, controversy, heart-break, and just about every individual and team honour the game could provide.

He coached Glenelg for two seasons 1977 - 1978.

== References ==
1. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nicholls_(footballer) John Nicholls Wikipedia article]

2. [http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=John+Nicholls Blueseum article]

[[Category:Coaches|Nicholls, John]]

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