TEMPLETON, Nathan Luke Templeton (1979-2024)

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TEMPLETON, Nathan Luke Templeton (1979-2024)

Nathan completed his secondary education at the College, starting in year 7 at the Preparatory School in 1992. He was quickly involved in many aspects of College life. His sporting ability saw him participate in athletics, cricket and football. At Preparatory School, Nathan was athletics captain, open boys athletics champion and assistant coach to the girls football team.

Nathan joined Morrison House when he started at the Senior School in 1994. Again, he was quickly involved across sports, joining the athletics and cricket teams. His form must have impressed the selectors, as the following year he joined the 1st XVIII football and athletics teams as well as the 1st XI cricket team which would go on to be that year’s APS Champions and Premiers. He continued to be part of these teams in 1996, and just dropped to the 2nd XI cricket team in 1997. For all of this sporting effort, Nathan received multiple school and house colours. In 1996 he was a noted player of the 1st XI, capturing 27 wickets for the season. As captain of the 1st XVIII in 1997, he reached the milestone of 30 APS matches, a feat reached by only a few footballers in the College’s history.

Nathan is a member of the College football Team of the Decade 1990-2000, in the Forward position.

Following school, Nathan studied and travelled. He completed an Arts degree at Deakin University and went on to work at Channel 10 as a sports reporter. He moved to Channel 7 in 2012, becoming a feature of major sports events, covering moments at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Australian Open and AFL matches. His love for the Geelong Cats led to work as ground announcer and MC at many events. Nathan married Kate Coghlan and they have two sons.

Sources: Pegasus, Ad Astra, OGC 1997.