Neil Trezise

Neil Trezise
Personal information
Date of birth 8 February 1931
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death 20 August 2006(2006-08-20) (aged 75)
Original team(s) Redan
Debut 16 July 1949, Geelong vs. Footscray, at Kardinia Park
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1949–1959 Geelong 185 (272)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1963 Geelong 1 (0–1–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Career highlights
  • Geelong premiership sides 1951, 1952
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Neil Benjamin "Nipper" Trezise AM (8 February 1931 – 20 August 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Geelong in the Victorian Football League and later a politician who represented the Labor Party in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was of Cornish descent.[1]

  1. ^ Payton, Philip, Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia's Little Cornwall