Ian Nicoll

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ian Nicoll

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| fullname = Ian Nicoll

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|2|df=yes}}

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| originalteam = Whorouly, Wangaratta

| height = 179 cm

| weight = 73 kg

| position = Rover

| statsend = 1970

| years1 = 1967–1970

| club1 = Carlton

| games_goals1 = 41 (30)

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Ian Nicoll (born 2 October 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1960s.

A left footer, Nicoll played with Whorouly in the Ovens and King Football League, then joined Wangaratta in the Ovens and Murray Football League for one season in 1966, before joining Carlton and served them mainly as a rover / forward pocket. He played in Carlton's 1969 VFL Grand Final side which lost to Richmond.{{cite web |title=Ian Nicoll's 70th – Spirit of Carlton Past and Present |url=https://spiritofcarlton.com.au/2016/10/02/ian-nicolls-70th/ |access-date=17 November 2020}}

Ian and his cousin Lex hold the all time A. Grade - record batting partnership (5th wicket) in the Wangaratta & District Cricket Association of 302 when playing for the Whorouly Cricket Club in 1964/65. Ian made 205 and Lex Nicoll made 103 not out {{cite web |author1=Kevin B. Hill |title=Wangaratta & DCA - Batting Records |url=http://www.wangarattadca.vic.cricket.com.au/content.aspx?file=35%7C32548q |website=Wangaratta & DCA |publisher=Wangaratta & DCA |access-date=13 November 2020 |date=1965}}