Col Geelan

Col Geelan

Personal information
Full name	Stanley Colin Geelan
Born	(1927-03-11)11 March 1927 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 May 1996(1996-05-11) (aged 69) Bawley Point, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Centre, 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
Relatives	Allen Geelan (son)

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Vic Hey 1955–1956	Coach Canterbury-Bankstown 1957	Succeeded by Cec Cooper 1958–1959
Preceded by Frank Johnson 1953	Coach Newtown Jets 1954	Succeeded by Dick Poole 1955-1958