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]
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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.
geelan, stanley, colin, geelan, 1927, 1996, australian, rugby, league, footballer, coach, personal, informationfull, namestanley, colin, geelanborn, 1927, march, 1927sydney, south, wales, australiadied11, 1996, 1996, aged, bawley, point, south, wales, australi. Stanley Colin Col Geelan 1927 1996 1 was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach Col GeelanPersonal informationFull nameStanley Colin GeelanBorn 1927 03 11 11 March 1927Sydney New South Wales AustraliaDied11 May 1996 1996 05 11 aged 69 Bawley Point New South Wales AustraliaPlaying informationPositionCentre Five eighthClubYears Team Pld T G FG P1948 54 Newtown 75 32 0 0 961956 57 Canterbury Bankstown 32 2 0 0 6Total 107 34 0 0 102RepresentativeYears Team Pld T G FG P1951 53 Australia 8 4 0 0 121952 54 New South Wales 3 1 0 0 3Coaching informationClubYears Team Gms W D L W 1954 Newtown 20 15 2 3 751957 Canterbury Bankstown 18 3 1 14 17Total 38 18 3 17 47Career editA 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 editCol 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 edit Rugby league project profile BULLDOGS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB OFFICIAL WEBSITE thebulldogs com au ARL Annual Report 2005 page 53 Geelan becomes Newtown Coach Rugby League Project Col Geelan Sporting positionsPreceded byVic Hey1955 1956 Coach nbsp Canterbury Bankstown1957 Succeeded byCec Cooper1958 1959Preceded byFrank Johnson 1953 Coach nbsp Newtown Jets1954 Succeeded byDick Poole 1955 1958 nbsp This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Col Geelan amp oldid 1185208956, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
