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{{short description|Australian sportsman}}
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Four months later, he made his senior football debut for the [[Roy Cazaly]] coached [[South Launceston Football Club|City]] side in the [[Northern Tasmanian Football Association (1886–1986)|Northern Tasmanian Football Association]] (NTFA),<ref name="Fame p. 80">''Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame'', p. 80.</ref> immediately standing out on account of his skills, blond hair and confidence in his abilities. Nash made the Tasmanian side for the [[1930 Adelaide Carnival|national carnival]] in [[Adelaide]] where he won the medal for the most outstanding Tasmanian player of the carnival.<ref name=w359>Wallish, p. 359.</ref> Nash played in defence for City while Robert Junior played in the forward line and both were considered sensational.<ref>Piesse (1993), p. 33.</ref>
Between 1930 and 1932 Nash played 45 games for City (including premierships in 1930 and 1932), kicking 14 goals, and winning the Tasman Shields Trophy, awarded to the Best and Fairest player in the NTFA, in 1931 and 1932.<ref name=w359/>
Nash played for Tasmania against the touring [[West Indian cricket team]] in December 1930. Batting at number three, Nash made 41 and 0 and took 2/87, including bowling [[Learie Constantine]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=CricketArchive |title=Tasmania v West Indies in 1930/31 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13739.html |accessdate=13 February 2009}}</ref> who had scored 100 in 65 minutes.<ref>Findley, R. "Pickett's death marks a record innings", ''Sunday Tasmanian'', 8 February 2009, p. 73.</ref> Journalists noted that during Constantine's innings, Nash was the only Tasmanian bowler to watch the West Indian closely and take note of his strengths and weaknesses, which led to his eventual success against the batsman.<ref>Page, p. 107.</ref>
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==Test debut==
[[File:Laurie Nash signature.jpg|thumb|250px|Nash's signature, from the time of his Test debut.]]
Nash was picked for Tasmania in two matches against the touring [[South African national cricket team|South Africans]] in January 1932. He failed to perform in the first match in Launceston, taking 1/68 and 2/45 and scoring 17 and 9.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CricketArchive |title=Scorecard, Tasmania v South Africans in 1931/32|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14146.html |accessdate=2 February 2009}}</ref> However, Nash had a lively bowling performance in the Hobart match, making the ball come off the wicket at a great pace<ref>"South Africans in Tasmania", ''The Times'', 16 January 1932, p. 4.</ref> and gaining match figures of 9/137, including two wickets in consecutive balls and breaking batsman [[Eric Dalton]]'s jaw with a vicious [[bouncer (cricket)|bouncer]] on the hat-trick ball.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CricketArchive |title=Scorecard, Tasmania v South Africans in 1931/32|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/14/14148.html |accessdate=30 April 2008}}</ref> South African captain [[Jock Cameron]] praised Nash for his performance<ref>Page, p. 108.</ref> as his bowling in the match was thought to be as quick and dangerous as any bowler in the world.<ref>Page,
Following the Hobart match Nash was included in the [[Australia national cricket team|Australian side]] to make his Test debut, aged 21 years and 286 days, against South Africa at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] beginning 12 February 1932. Nash was the first Tasmanian based player chosen to play for Australia since [[Charles Eady]] in 1902 and would be the last until [[Roger Woolley]] debuted in 1983.<ref>Smith, p. 187.</ref> Also making his Test debut for Australia was batsman [[Jack Fingleton]] while spin bowler [[Bert Ironmonger]] was recalled to the side.<ref>"Changes in the Australian Team", ''The Times'', 4 February 1932, p. 4.</ref>
Nash's inclusion raised eyebrows, as ''The Argus'' wrote "The inclusion of Nash will occasion most surprise",<ref>"Ironmonger Chosen. Nash and Fingleton Included", ''The Argus'', 4 February 1932, p. 7.</ref> particularly as Nash was the only fast bowler chosen in the Australian team.<ref name="Dunstan, p. 156"/> However Nash soon silenced any critics with a dangerous opening spell, capturing three of the first four South African wickets to fall<ref>Perry (1995), p. 253.</ref> and 4 in the first innings for just 18 runs, followed by 1/4 in the second as South Africa were routed for 36 and 45.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CricketArchive |title=Australia v South Africa Fifth Test |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/14/14160.html |accessdate=7 May 2008}}</ref>
Following the match, ''The Times'' commented favourably on Nash, reporting "Nash is a short, powerfully built man, … made the ball kick awkwardly, several balls getting up head-high, and in one spell before luncheon took three wickets for four runs. Nash has plenty of stamina for a fast bowler and is considered by some to be the man for whom the selectors are searching to fill the place of [[Jack Gregory (cricketer)|Gregory]]."<ref>"CRICKET: Low Scoring at Melbourne", ''The Times'', No.46056, (Saturday 13 February 1932), p.5, col.F.</ref>
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Following the 1933 Premiership success, hopes were high for the [[1934 VFL season]], which was known as the Centenary Premiership year, in recognition of one hundred years since the [[History of Victoria|European settlement of Victoria]].<ref name="Atkinson, p. 131">Atkinson (1996), p. 131.</ref> Nash continued to move between centre half-back and [[centre half-forward]], kicking 53 goals for the year (47 of which from 9 games)<ref>Eva, B. "Bobby Dazzler", ''The Sunday Age'', 11 October 2009, Sport Section, p. 24.</ref> as well as playing a significant role in South Melbourne [[full-forward]] [[Bob Pratt]] reaching a record 150 goals<ref name=Laurie/> (although later in life Pratt would joke that Nash only kicked to him once "but that was a mistake.")<ref>Fiddian (1996), p. 30.</ref>
In August 1934, Nash was chosen to play for [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] in an interstate match against [[South Australia]] at the MCG, replacing the injured Pratt.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205534364 Victoria's Team of Champions, ''The Age'', (Monday, 13 August 1934), p.6.]</ref><ref name=Warne>[[Ivor Warne-Smith|Warne-Smith, I.]], [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10987861 "Crushing Defeat", ''The Argus'', 13 August 1934, p. 11.]</ref><ref name=Forward>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205534364 "Nash's Feat: Five Goals Off Australian Inter-State Record", ''The Age'', 13 August 1934, p.6.]</ref> Initially selected at centre half-forward, Nash had kicked 2 goals by the start of the second quarter when he was moved to full-forward to replace the injured [[Bill Mohr]] and proceeded to kick a further 16 goals to finish with 18 goals, a record for a Victorian player in an interstate match<ref name=feat>The overall record is 23 goals by [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]] footballer, [[Bonny Campbell|Hugh "Bonny" Campbell]] for Western Australia, against Queensland, on 12 August 1924 ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67001942 Football Carnival: Another Record Score: W. Australia 43.19; Queensland 2.1: Campbell Gets 23 Goals, ''The (Burnie) Advocate'', (Wednesday, 13 August 1924), p.3]).</ref> and for the MCG as Victoria defeated South Australia 30.19 (199) to 14.10 (94).<ref name="AFLEncyc"/><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2366786 "Melbourne Match – L. Nash 18 goals", ''The Canberra Times'', 13 August 1934, p.3.]</ref> Brownlow Medallist [[Ivor Warne-Smith]] wrote of Nash's performance; "his was a great achievement. He showed superb marking, good ground play, and accurate kicking. Some of his shots from left-foot snaps were gems… His performance has never been equalled."<ref name=Warne/> He later claimed he would have kicked 27 goals that day but for the selfishness of the rovers who refused to kick to him.<ref>Piesse (1993), p. 197.</ref>
Following the inter-State match, Dr Bertram Langan Crellin (1876-1939), a former President of the [[Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club|Collingwood Cricket Club]] and former Vice-Persident and Medical Officer of the [[Collingwood Football Club]],<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73515797 A Wonderful Record: A Sportsman of Yesteryear, ''The Frankston and Somerville Standard'', (Saturday, 4 January 1930), p3.]</ref> who had attended the birth of Nash, publicly apologised to the South Australian side, claiming part responsibility for the mayhem that had been inflicted by Nash.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10987861 "Nash's 18 Goals: Dr. Crellin takes the blame", ''The Argus'', 13 August 1934, p. 11.]</ref>
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South Melbourne finished the home and away series in third position, defeated Collingwood by three points in the first Semi-Final and Geelong by 60 points in the Preliminary Final, with Nash in brilliant form in the drizzling rain, kicking four goals.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2374280 "South Melbourne Succeeds Again", ''The Canberra Times'', 8 October 1934, p.4.]</ref>
Going into the [[1934 VFL Grand Final|1934 Grand Final]], South Melbourne were favourites to retain the premiership but while Nash kicked six goals and was adjudged one of the best players of the match, South Melbourne were defeated by Richmond by 39 points.<ref name="Atkinson, p. 131"/> Such was the surprise around South Melbourne's loss, there were post-match rumours of South players being offered and accepting bribes to play poorly
===1935===
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At the start of the 1937–1938 cricket season, it was expected that Nash would be chosen for the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1938|1938 Ashes Tour]], with one journalist stating that if he was not selected, the team "would not be truly representative of our nation's real cricketing strength."<ref>Wallish, p. 181.</ref> Nash continued to terrorise batsmen in district cricket, including the rare occurrence of taking all 10 wickets in an innings (for 35 runs) for South Melbourne against Prahran in 1937–38,<ref name=Anderson/> but was not selected for Victoria throughout the season. Nash's non-selection for Victoria led some Victorian Cricket Association delegates to publicly question why "the best fast bowler in Australia, and probably the world, is not chosen to represent Victoria" and demand that the Victorian selectors explain their non-selection of Nash.<ref name=hartlett>"Dr Hartlett's Plea", ''The Argus'', 10 November 1938, p. 18.</ref>
Nash's first-class career ended at the age of 26. His career Test figures 10 wickets at 12.60 places him fourth on the list of averages for bowlers to have taken 10 or more Test wickets (and the best by an Australian). His 22 first-class matches reaped 69 wickets at 28.33 and 953 runs at 28.02. His district cricket career of 63 matches netted 174 wickets at 14.95.<ref name="districtstats">{{cite web|url=http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/VCA%201st%20XI%20CAREER%20RECORDS%201889-90%20to%202014-15%20N-R.pdf|title=VCA 1st XI Career records 1889–90 to 2014–15, N-R|accessdate=28 November 2015|publisher=Cricket Victoria|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100929/http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/VCA%201st%20XI%20CAREER%20RECORDS%201889-90%20to%202014-15%20N-R.pdf|archivedate=8 December 2015
A young [[Keith Miller]] also played for the South Melbourne Cricket Club and gained his first wicket in district cricket from a catch by Nash.<ref>[[Scot Palmer|Palmer, S.]] "Blues Legend Still
The reasons given for the administrators' disinclination towards Nash include his reputation for blunt speech, his abrasive personality, which included [[sledging (cricket)|sledging]], and even the fact that he wore cut off sleeves, which was considered a serious faux pas in the 1930s.<ref>Nash cut off his sleeves to avoid them flapping as he ran into bowl, Wallish, p. 304.</ref>
==Transfer to Camberwell==
Prior to the [[1938 VFA season|1938 season]], the [[Victorian Football Association]] (VFA), the second-tier senior football competition in the state, made an ambitious break from tradition in what was ultimately a successful ploy to improve its popularity: it legalised throwing the ball in general play and made a few other rule changes to create a distinct and faster variation of Australian rules football, and ended the legal framework which required players to obtain a clearance when switching from the VFL to the VFA (or ''vice versa'').<ref name="preview">{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|date=16 April 1938|title=Crowds will be attracted by new rules|page=22|publication-place=Melbourne|author=Rover}}</ref><ref name="experiment">{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|date=16 February 1938|title=Football experiments|page=24|publication-place=Melbourne|author=Percy Taylor}}</ref> On 31 March Nash caused a sensation when he became the first VFL player to defect under [[Australian rules football schism (1938–1949)|this schism]],<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|title=To leave League – Nash joins Camberwell|publication-place=Melbourne|page=1|author=Percy Taylor|date=31 March 1938}}</ref> transferring from South Melbourne to [[Camberwell Football Club|Camberwell]] without a clearance.<ref>Booth, R. (1997) "History of Player Recruitment, Transfer and Payment Rules in the Victorian and Australian Football League", ''Australian Society For Sports History
South Melbourne and the VFL objected to the transfer and South Melbourne sent out a public appeal for a job for Nash that would match that offered by Camberwell but nothing suitable was forthcoming.<ref>Priestley, p. 348.</ref> There were also threats of legal action against Nash and Camberwell, which did not eventuate,<ref name="Naughty Nash"/> although for playing in another competition without a clearance, Nash was banned from playing in the VFL competition for three years – a suspension which meant he would have to sit out of all football (both VFA and VFL) for three years if he wished to return from the VFA to the VFL.<ref>Shaw, p. 51.</ref>
Nash was immediately appointed captain of Camberwell and quickly became one of the most popular figures in the VFA, drawing large crowds to even practice matches.<ref>"Big Crowd Sees Nash
Nash was officially appointed Captain/Coach of Camberwell Cricket Club on 19 September 1938<ref>''The Argus'', 19 September 1938, p. 9.</ref> and his debut for the club in the summer of 1938–1939 meant that he was the first person to be paid for playing grade cricket in Australia.<ref>Wallish, p. 196.</ref>
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Although out of shape and with arthritic knees, Nash announced that he was making a football comeback in [[1945 VFL season|1945]].<ref>Shaw, p. 127.</ref> He sought to return to South Melbourne, rather than Camberwell,<ref name=Argus45>"Two Clubs Still Claim Nash", ''The Argus'', 6 April 1945, p. 11.</ref> but Camberwell declined Nash's transfer application<ref>"Camberwell and Nash", ''The Argus'', 23 March 1945.</ref> and both clubs stated that they would be naming Nash in their respective sides for Round 1.<ref name=Argus45/> An impediment to Nash's return to South Melbourne arose as a result of Nash having played two games for his old boy scout troop, the 6th Melbourne Scouts, while on leave in mid-1942; these games were considered competitive, and playing in them meant that Nash had not sat out of football for the three years required to serve the suspension he had received for crossing to Camberwell without a clearance.<ref>"Transfer Application By Nash", ''The Argus'', 12 April 1945, p. 13.</ref> After an appeal by South Melbourne, a special meeting of the VFL was held to amend the rules so ex-servicemen would not be penalised for playing in minor matches.<ref name=Scout>"Last-Minute Permit For Nash", ''The Argus'', 21 April 1945, p. 7.</ref> The amendment was made the day before the commencement of the 1945 season, allowing Nash to take his place for South Melbourne in their Round 1.<ref name=Scout/>
Nash was slower and more portly than he was in the 1930s, short of match practice and forced to spend most Sundays in hospital having fluid drained from his injured knees swollen from the exertions of the day before,<ref name=s96/> forcing South Melbourne coach [[Bill Adams (Australian footballer)|Bull Adams]] to nurse Nash through the season.<ref name=s96>Shaw, p. 96.</ref> Additionally, in the Round 5 match against [[Western Bulldogs|Footscray]], he tore the webbing between his fingers which later became infected, causing him to miss the Round 6 match against [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] and although Nash wore a special leather glove to protect his hand, the injury would trouble him for the rest of the season.<ref name=s96/> Despite these setbacks, Nash could still be a match winner and many opposition players saw him as the key player for South Melbourne.<ref>"Nash Shows How", ''The Argus'', 9 April 1945, p.12.</ref> Nash's best return for the year was seven goals against St Kilda in Round 12 and he twice kicked six goals in a match; against Geelong in Round 15 and Fitzroy in Round 18.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statistics/player_roundbyround/1945/15/player_roundbyround_15_1945.shtml |title=Player round-by-round statistics 1945 |publisher=Australian Football League |accessdate=18 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229045536/http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statistics/player_roundbyround/1945/15/player_roundbyround_15_1945.shtml |archivedate=29 February 2012
South Melbourne won the minor premiership in 1945 and reached the [[1945 VFL Grand Final]], where it lost to {{AFL Car}}.<ref>Atkinson (1996), pp. 177–178.</ref> Named at full-forward, Nash was the oldest player in the Grand Final at 35 years and 150 days. The match, known as 'the Bloodbath', was notorious for its onfield violence. For his part, Nash king-hit Carlton captain [[Bob Chitty]] in the final quarter with what he later described as the sweetest punch he had ever thrown, knocking Chitty out, breaking his jaw and leaving a large wound over his left eye which required several stitches;<ref name=s166>Shaw, p. 166.</ref> as the umpire was unsighted, Nash went unreported over this incident.<ref>Shaw, p. 167.</ref> Nash was generally ineffective on the day, and his opponent [[Vin Brown]] was a consensus pick for best player on ground.<ref name=m124>Main (2006), p. 124.</ref><ref name=s176>Shaw, p. 176.</ref> Nash was described as a "sad figure… age and injury had reduced him to almost a caricature, a lion in winter simply going through the motions. His body was no longer capable of performing the feats that a decade earlier had seen him feted as the finest footballer to ever play the game."<ref>Shaw, p. 198.</ref>
Nash played 17 games for South in 1945, kicking 56 goals. This left him with 99 VFL matches and 246 goals in his career. Nash also played three matches for Victoria, kicking 19 goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/players/tabid/856/default.aspx |title=AFL Hall
On 18 February 1944, the day he was discharged from the Army, Nash played an internal trial cricket match for South Melbourne,<ref>"Nash", ''The Argus'', 19 February 1944, p. 12.</ref> although he had not played competitive cricket for four years. However, he did not play another first XI district match for South Melbourne after the war.<ref name="districtstats" />
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Nash not only led Wangaratta to a premiership<ref name=Anderson/> but, as a favour to a friend, also coached another country side, [[Greta, Victoria|Greta]] in 1946, leading them to a premiership in the [[Ovens and King Football League]],<ref name="Hobbs, G. & Palmer, S., p. 23"/> becoming one of the few people to have coached two different teams to a premiership in the same season.<ref name=Anderson97>Anderson, J. (1997) "Maybe Laurie's Right, After All", ''Melbourne Herald Sun'', p. 91, 28 July 1997.</ref> Nash is still remembered in Greta for placing a football in a [[cowpat]] and placekicking it over a tall gum tree.<ref>{{cite news|last=Flanagan|first=Martin|url=http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/ah-such-is-football-life-in-kelly-country-20100820-13952.html|title=Ah, such is football life in Kelly country |newspaper=The Age|accessdate=23 October 2010|date=21 August 2010}}</ref>
In 1947, Nash was appointed captain-coach of [[Casterton, Victoria|Casterton]], in western Victoria, once again at a wage of £12 per week.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Portland Guardian|publication-place=Portland, Victoria|date=10 April 1947|page=4|title=Football – Nash to coach Casterton}}</ref> He took Casterton to a grand final that season, losing by a point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060A000900|title=Obituaries|publisher=Australian Football League Umpires Association|accessdate=9 February 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207064835/http://aflua.com.au/index.asp?d=5A4C5A717251477C7008060A000900|archivedate=7 February 2009
===South Melbourne coach===
[[File:SouthMelbourne1953.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The 1953 South Melbourne team. Nash is seated, centre.]]
Nash's success as a coach in country football lead South Melbourne to appoint him as coach for the [[1953 VFL season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/Honour%20Roll/tabid/7212/default.aspx|title=Sydney Swans Honour Board|publisher=Sydney Swans|accessdate=9 February 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213151002/http://sydneyswans.com.au/Honour%20Roll/tabid/7212/default.aspx|archivedate=13 February 2009
There was some criticism of Nash as a coach as he apparently could not understand how players were unable to do things on the football field that came to him naturally.<ref>Wallish, p. 286.</ref> Nash had signed a two-year contract, yet the South Melbourne committee re-advertised the position of coach following the end of the 1953 season and while Nash applied, he was not reappointed.<ref>Main (2009), p. 168.</ref> Fellow South Melbourne champion [[Bob Skilton]] claimed that had Nash been given time, he "would have become one of the all-time great coaches".<ref name=Mercury/>
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Nash's father Bob Senior collapsed and died in 1958 while at the MCG watching Collingwood win the [[1958 VFL Grand Final]]. Laurie Nash later said that it would have been the perfect way for his father to die.<ref name=w339>Wallish, p. 339.</ref> Nash's brother Bob Junior died of [[emphysema]] in the early 1970s,<ref name=w339/> while in 1975 Irene Nash, who had been in poor health for some time, died, leaving Nash heartbroken. Every day for five years he visited the cemetery where her remains were scattered.<ref>Wallish, pp. 321–322.</ref>
In 1980 Nash met twice widowed Doreen Hutchison and eventually moved in with her.<ref name=w326/>
Following a succession of strokes, Nash died in the Repatriation Hospital in [[Heidelberg, Victoria]] on 24 July 1986, aged 76.<ref name=obit/> Survived by his daughter Noelene and grandsons Anthony and Simon,<ref>Wallish, p. iii.</ref> a service for Nash was held at a Catholic church in Melbourne and his cremated remains were scattered at Fawkner Memorial Park, near that of his wife Irene.<ref name=FT>"Greats said goodbye to the 'greatest' of all, Laurie Nash", ''Football Times'', 7 August 1986, p. 22.</ref>
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==Style==
Nash's great sporting success can be partly attributed to his self-confidence. Once, when asked who was the greatest footballer he had ever seen, Nash replied "I see him in the mirror every morning when I shave".<ref name=Reed>Reed, R. (2000) "Nash's cap comes home", ''Melbourne Herald Sun'', 15 December 2000.</ref>
{{quotation|[The conversation then turned] to former South Melbourne great (and Test cricketer) Laurie Nash, who was renowned, besides for his prodigious talent, for being on fairly good terms with himself. <br />[[Bob Davis (Australian rules footballer)|[Bob] Davis]]: "We were at the [[Lake Oval]] one day, and a kid, I think it might have been [[Bill Gunn (footballer, born 1932)|Billy Gunn]], took a mark about 30 yards out straight out in front, and I said to Laurie, who was long retired
Yet, whilst Nash tended to sound arrogant in public, he was very modest about his success in private; in fact, his daughter Noelene was not aware of her father's sporting success until aged 12 when a friend's father told her.<ref>Wallish, pp. 171–172.</ref>
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In addition to the awards he received during his playing career, Nash was awarded accolades for his sporting prowess after his retirement.
Nash was made a life member of South Melbourne Football Club in 1960<ref name="Wallish, p. 361"/> and following his death, the Sydney Swans wore black armbands in their match against Carlton,<ref name=FT/> named their Best and Fairest Award the "Laurie Nash Medal",<ref>[[Neil Cordy|Cordy, N]], "Swans Badly Need Role Models", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 16 September 1992, p. 56.</ref> in 2003 named him at centre-half-forward in their "Team of the Century"<ref>"[[Warwick Capper|Capper]] huffed but [[Tony Lockett|Lockett's]] chuffed", ''The Age'', 10 August 2003, p. 73.</ref> and in 2009 named him as an inaugural member of their Hall of Fame.<ref>Lane, D. "Nash at home among Swans' greatest.", ''The Sunday Age'', 19 July 2009, Sport Section, p. 5.</ref>
In 1987 Nash was made a foundation member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame<ref name="Fame p. 80"/> and named at centre-half-back in the Tasmanian Australian rules "Team of the Century".<ref>"For the Record", ''The Australian'', 26 June 2004.</ref> When he was selected for the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1996, the summary commented "One of the most gifted players ever, his career was half as long as many but it shone twice as brightly as most. Considered by many judges (himself included) the best player in the land…".<ref>Hutchinson & Ross, p. 348.</ref><ref>Commber, J. "AFL: Test cricketer Nash played in last Swans' premiership win", ''AAP Australian Sports News Wire'', 23 September 2005.</ref> In 2003, he was named at centre half forward in the Camberwell Team of the Century.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Hamilton Spectator|publication-place=Hamilton, VIC|date=7 August 2003|author=Michael Howard|title=Star status confirmed|url=http://www.spec.com.au/blog/2003/08/07/star-status-confirmed/|accessdate=21 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20140321065547/http://www.spec.com.au/blog/2003/08/07/star-status-confirmed/|archivedate=21 March 2014
Test batsman [[Merv Harvey]] once claimed that his greatest achievement was scoring runs off Nash's bowling, which he classed as the fastest he had ever faced, in a club match.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22808676 Taylor, P., "Introducing Mervyn Harvey, of Fitzroy", ''The Argus'', Weekend Supplement, (4 February 1950), p. 8.]</ref>
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