Geof Motley

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**Geof Motley**
Personal Info
Birth	,
Recruited from	Port Adelaide, (SANFL)
Playing Career¹
Debut	, Port Adelaide vs. , at
Team(s)	Port Adelaide, SANFL (1953-1966) 258 games, 156 goals
Coaching Career¹
Team(s)	Port Adelaide (1959-1961) North Adelaide (1967 - 1969)
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season
Career Highlights
Captain of Port Adelaide, 8 years Member of 9 premiership teams for Port Adelaide Four time best and fairest for Port Adelaide Played 28 matches for South Australia Magarey Medallist 1964 Port Adelaide Team of the Century (named in 2001) Inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame in 2002

Geof Motley OAM was an Australian Rules Football player and coach who played for SANFL side Port Adelaide.

For eight seasons (1959-1966) he captained the then dominating team of the League. He was the only man to appear in all nine of the Magpies premiership teams between 1954 and 1965. He played a total of 258 SANFL games for Port between 1953 and 1966 and also represented South Australia on 28 occasions.

He won the Magarey Medal in 1964.

He was captain coach of the Magpies 1959 premiership winning side. He later went on to coach North Adelaide.

His son, Peter Motley played for Sturt and Carlton.

Note: "Geof" is the correct spelling of his name[1]