Geoff Raines

Geoff Raines
Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-08-10) 10 August 1956
Original team	Swan Hill
Height/Weight	180cm / 78kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1976–1982 1983–1985 1986 1987–1989 Total	Richmond Collingwood Essendon Brisbane Bears	134 0(55) 045 0(21) 016 00(5) 059 0(20) 254 (101)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1989 season.
Career highlights
Richmond Premiership Player 1980 Richmond Best and Fairest 1978, 1980, 1981 Interstate Games:- 11 All Australian 1980, 1985 Richmond - Team of the Century Richmond - Hall of Fame - inducted 2008

Geoff Raines is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1982 for the Richmond Football Club, between 1983 and 1985 for the Collingwood Football Club, in 1986 for the Essendon Football Club and between 1987 and 1989 for the Brisbane Bears Football Club.

References

Awards
Preceded by Peter Bosustow	AFL Mark of the Year 1982	Succeeded by Ken Hunter

Preceded by Kevin Bartlett (Aussie Rules footballer)	Richmond Best and Fairest winner 1978	Succeeded by Barry Rowlings
Preceded by Barry Rowlings	Richmond Best and Fairest winner 1980-1981	Succeeded by Maurice Rioli

Richmond Football Club 1980 VFL Premiers

Richmond 23.21 (159) defeated Collingwood 9.24 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 11. Monteath 1. Lee 2. Wiley 3. Weightman 4. Raines 5. Dunne 6. Mount 7. Malthouse 8. Roach 16. Wood 18. Keane 19. Strachan 20. Jess 22. Rowlings 29. Bartlett 30. Bourke 31. Welsh 33. Cloke 44. Freame 46. Smith

Coach: Jewell

Inaugural Brisbane Bears VFL team

Full-back	Peter Banfield Mark Roberts Dale Dickson

Half-back	Cameron O'Brien Steve Reynoldson Matthew Campbell

Centre	David O'Keeffe Geoff Raines Phillip Walsh

Half-forward	Brenton Phillips Michael McCarthy John Fidge

Full-forward	Neil Hein Jim Edmond Mike Richardson

Ruck	Mark Mickan (c) Mark Williams Bernie Harris

Interchange	Brad Hardie Chris Waterson

Coach	Peter Knights

Brisbane Bears defeated North Melbourne 19.23 (137) to 15.14 (104), Round 1, 1987, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Richmond Football Club · Team of the Century

Full-back	Kevin Sheedy Vic Thorp Michael Green

Half-back	Basil McCormack Gordon Strang Mervyn Keane

Centre	Francis Bourke Bill Barrot Dick Clay

Half-forward	Matthew Richardson Royce Hart Roger Dean

Full-forward	Dale Weightman Jack Titus Bill Morris

Ruck	Roy Wright Jack Dyer (c) Kevin Bartlett

Interchange	Des Rowe Geoff Raines Ian Stewart Matthew Knights

Coach	Tom Hafey

1980 All-Australian team

Coach Tom Hafey (Collingwood)

South Australia Peter Carey (Glenelg) Graham Cornes (Glenelg) Rick Davies (Sturt) (Captain) Robbert Klomp (Carlton) Keith Kuhlmann (Glenelg) Greg Phillips (Port Adelaide) John Roberts (South Melbourne) Mark Williams (Port Adelaide)

Tasmania Ron Stubbs (Devonport) Darryl Sutton (North Melbourne)

Victoria Robert Flower (Melbourne) Jim Jess (Richmond) Mark Lee (Richmond) Ian Nankervis (Geelong) Geoff Raines (Richmond) Geoff Southby (Carlton) Garry Wilson (Fitzroy)

Western Australia Bruce Duperouzel (St Kilda) Ken Hunter (Claremont) Brian Peake (East Fremantle)

1985 All-Australian team

Coach Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)

South Australia Malcolm Blight (Woodville) Craig Bradley (Port Adelaide) Stephen Kernahan (Glenelg) Peter Motley (Sturt) John Platten (Hawthorn)

Victoria Dermott Brereton (Hawthorn) Terry Daniher (Essendon) (Captain) Garry Foulds (Essendon) Russell Greene (Hawthorn) Mark Harvey (Essendon) Mark Lee (Richmond) Roger Merrett (Essendon) Gary Pert (Fitzroy) Geoff Raines (Collingwood) Paul Roos (Fitzroy) Dale Weightman (Richmond)

Western Australia Leon Baker (Essendon) Gary Buckenara (Hawthorn) Rod Lester-Smith (Hawthorn) Michael Mitchell (Claremont)