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Arthur Nickless

Arthur Ernest Nickless was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Arthur Nickless
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Full name Arthur Ernest Nickless
Born (1879-03-18)18 March 1879
Paddington, New South Wales
Died 12 March 1915(1915-03-12) (aged 35)
Prahran, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1899 South Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Arthur Ernest Nickless (18 March 1879 – 12 March 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).1

Originally from Victorian Football Association club Brunswick,2 Nickless was cleared to South Melbourne in 1899 where he played in only the first match of the season. He was a premiership half-back player for Leopold in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association in 1900.3

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Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 657. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Follower (15 May 1899). "The football season". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 7.
  3. "Football". Standard. Port Melbourne, VIC. 29 September 1900. p. 4.
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