John Nix (Australian footballer)

John Nix
Personal information
Date of birth25 December 1931
Original teamTrafalgar
Height/Weight178 cm / 79 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1949-1956Richmond95 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1956 season.

John Nix (born 25 December 1931) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Nix, a centreman recruited from Trafalgar, debuted at VFL level aged just 17.[1][2] He made 95 league appearances for Richmond, between 1949 and 1956.[3] His best season was in 1952, when he played in all of Richmond's 19 games and polled eight Brownlow Medal votes.[3][4] At the end of the 1956 season, Nix was appointed playing coach of Latrobe Valley Football League side Sale.[5] He won the league's best and fairest award in 1957 and also steered Sale to that year's premiership.[6] Sale were premiers again in 1959, Nix's third and final season at the club.[6] From 1960 to 1962, Nix was captain-coach of Mornington, in the Mornington Peninsula Football League.[7] He led them to a premiership in his first season.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ↑ "Horwood, G. Sier At Richmond". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 17 March 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "John Nix". AFL Tables.
  4. ↑ "How They Scored". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 4 September 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Richmond Centre to Coach Sale". The Age (Melbourne). 2 October 1956. p. 16. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Honour Board". Mornington Football and Netball Club.
  7. ↑ "Nix to Coach Mornington". The Age (Melbourne). 21 September 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Devaney, John (2009). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs. Full Points Publications. ISBN 978-0-9556897-3-4.