Jeff Nicklin, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jeff Nicklin

Canadian football player and soldier

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1914

Date of Death: 24-Mar-1945

Profession: Canadian football player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lieutenant Colonel Jevon Albert "Jeff" Nicklin OBE (December 10, 1914 – March 24, 1945) was a Canadian Army officer and football player.
He fought during World War II and was one of the first Canadians to jump on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and led the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Battle of the Bulge and later when it jumped into German territory in Operation Varsity during the final stages of the war in March 1945.
Nicklin was killed in action during the operation.