The ex-Northern Ireland international has passed away at the age of 82 and our sincere condolences go to his family and friends.
Born in Belfast, Nicholson joined as a trainee in 1958 and made his breakthrough as a teenager at the club in 1960/61, being handed a senior debut in the Division One match away at Everton in the second game of the season.
He played 37 times in that campaign for Matt Busby's team, scoring five goals, as the club continued its rebuilding in the wake of the Munich Air Disaster in 1958.