Stewart Drummond "Nip" Geddes (6 March 1879 – 6 May 1952) was an

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er who played for the

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and

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL).

Family

The youngest of the seven children of William Geddes (1827–1886), and Catherine Stewart Geddes (1833–1906), née Lilburn, Stewart Drummond Geddes was born in

Richmond, Victoria Richmond is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Richmond recorded a population of 28,587 at the 2021 census, with a medi ...

on 6 March 1879. He died at

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on 6 May 1952.

Football

:"'Nip' Geddes, a follower, ranks with the best the State has produced. He was a brilliant high mark and a fine drop-kick." :"Possibly the finest exponent of he stab kickwe have ever seen … Nip's reputation was that he could, running at his top, stab a bail on to a threepenny piece thirty yards away."

Melbourne (VFL)

Geddes arrived from Richmond Juniors as a defender but was used mostly on the ball by Melbourne. He took part in the historic

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and played in the

1900 VFL Grand Final The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand F ...

, where he kicked one of Melbourne's four goals to help them claim their maiden premiership. While awaiting to be granted clearance to St Kilda, Geddes missed the 1903 and 1904 season.

Richmond (VFA)

He joined the

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in the VFA in the mid-season of 1904, and played eleven games for them that year.

St Kilda (VFL)

Finally granted a clearance from Melbourne, he arrived at St Kilda in 1905 but only played for one year.

South Broken Hill Football Club (BHFL)

In 1907 he was playing with the

South Broken Hill Football Club South Broken Hill Football Club is an Australian rules football based in Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia. The club competes in the Broken Hill Football League. Notable players *Lindsay Beck (Port Adelaide, Glenelg, Hawthorn) *Chris Du ...

in the

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West Torrens (SAFL)

He later played with West Torrens, captaining the South Australian Football League club in 1908 and 1909. Appointed coach in 1914, the team came fourth in 1914, and fifth in 1915 (due to the First World War, the SAFL competition was suspended in 1916, 1917, and 1918). ::"Torrens players wore black armbands during the Alberton game as a mark of respect to Nip Geddes, old-time Torrens ruck star, who died this week in Melbourne. Geddes was a stalwart in the days when Torrens played on Hindmarsh Oval."''The Adelaide Mail'', (Saturday, 10 May 1952) p.6.
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Footnotes

References

*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

*
Stewart Geddes: ''Demonwiki''.

Stewart Geddes, ''australianfootball.com''.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geddes, Stewart 1879 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players West Torrens Football Club players West Torrens Football Club coaches South Broken Hill Football Club players 1952 deaths Melbourne Football Club premiership players VFL/AFL premiership players