Career
Nankervis played for Geelong for 17 seasons and was captain from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1983. Nankervis holds the record of most senior level games for Geelong with 325 VFL games. Nankervis also represented Victoria at state level on 12 occasions.
Nankervis was recruited from Barwon.
Initially he played mainly as a forward pocket-rover, scoring a creditable 203 goals. He later developed into one of the finest back pockets in the VFL after then coach Rodney Olsson shifted him to that end of the ground Nankervis wore a guernsey with the number 40 during his tenure at the club
In 2001 he was named in the Geelong Football Club Team of the Century and in 2005 was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. captain: 1978 – 1981, 1983 Most games played for (325 games) Ian Nankervis, after retiring from football, now teaches physical education and science at a high school level