Nick Gelavis | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Nikolas Gelavis | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Kalgoorlie | ||
Original team(s) | Subiaco | ||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1949–51 | Subiaco (WAFL) | 37 | (9)|
1953–54 | South Melbourne | 15 (16) | |
1954 | Footscray | 4 (0) | |
1955 | Sandringham (VFA) | 8 (10) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Nikolas Gelavis (born 15 June 1929) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Johannes "John" Gelavis (1898-1947),[2][3] and Stavroula Gelavis (1908-2005), née Sarinas,[4] Nikolas Gelavis was born in Kalgoorlie on 15 June 1929.[5]
Gelavis began his senior career with Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and played from 1949 to 1951.
He was cleared from Subiaco to South Melbourne in 1952,[6][7][8][9] and made his senior VFL debut in 1953.[10]
Having not played a senior game for South Melbourne that season, Gelavis was cleared to Footscray on 12 June 1954.[11][12] He played his first match for the Footscray First XVIII, against St Kilda, on 10 July 1954.[13]
In 1955 Gelavis moved to Sandringham in the Victorian Football Association.
A mid-season job as a radio announcer in Tasmania led to Gelavis being given a clearance from Sandringham to Devonport in the North West Football Union (NWFU) competition.[14][15][16]
On 12 May 1956 Gelavis represented the NWFU in an intrastate match against the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and was named among the best players.[17]