Donald Charles Nicholls (23 November 1936 – September 2023) was an

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er who played with

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in the

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(VFL). The Carlton Football Club recruited Nicholls from the

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in 1956. The Blues would later sign his younger brother John. Their father ensured that both brothers would play together with one club. Don played 77 senior games as a centreman for Carlton from 1956, when he was Carlton's best first-year player, to 1961. In 1962 he left Carlton to play for Box Hill. Don Nicholls died in September 2023, at the age of 86.

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