Bill Goggin

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Bill Goggin

Personal Info
Birth	January 4, 1941,
Recruited from	North Geelong
Height/Weight	175cm / 70kg
Playing Career¹
Debut	1958, Geelong vs. South Melbourne, at
Team(s)
Coaching Career¹
Team(s)	Geelong, Footscray
¹ Statistics to end of 1971 season
Career Highlights

Bill Goggin, born January 4, 1941, is a former Australian rules football player in the Victorian Football League for Geelong Football Club and later coached Footscray and Geelong football clubs.

[edit] Playing career

Geelong & Footscray 1958-1971

• Games: 248 Goals: 279
• Player honors:

Best & Fairest 1967, 1970;

Captain 1968-1971 (84 ganes);

Premiership player 1963;

Geelong Team of the Century;

Represented Victoria (14 games, 22 goals)

[edit] Coaching record

• Geelong 1980-1982 (71 games, 41 wins, 30 losses)
• Footscray 1976-1978 (46 games, 21 wins, 23 losses, 2 draws)
• Coached Victorian State of Origin side

He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000. His citation read "Famous for roving to Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer and pinpointing Doug Wade up forward."