Bill Goggin

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Bill Goggin
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Personal information
Birth January 4, 1941,
Recruited from North Geelong
Height and weight 175cm / 70kg
Playing career¹
Debut 1958, Geelong vs. South Melbourne, at
Team(s) Geelong (1958-1971)
  • 248 games
Coaching career¹
Team(s)

71 matches, (41 wins, 30 losses)

46 matches, 21 wins, 23 losses, 2 draws)

¹ Statistics to end of 1982 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. Goggin ranks as one of Geelong's greatest ever players in a career that spanded more than a decade. Goggin was a dual best & fairest winner, premiership player and captain of his beloved Cats.

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." His nephew, Mathew Goggin, is a golfer on the PGA Tour.

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