| Bill Goggin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1941-01-04)4 January 1941 (age 84) | ||
| Original team | North Geelong | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1958–1971 | Geelong | 248 (279) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 14 (22) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1976–1978 | Footscray | 46 (21–23–2) | |
| 1980–1982 | Geelong | 71 (41–30–0) | |
| Total | 117 (62–53–2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971. 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1982. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
William Goggin (born 4 January 1941) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theGeelong Football Club in theVictorian Football League (VFL). He later coached Geelong and also theFootscray Football Club.
His brotherMatt also played for Geelong, and other brotherCharlie is a racehorse trainer in Tasmania. Charlie's sonMathew Goggin, is agolfer on thePGA Tour.[1][2]
A member of theAustralian Football Hall of Fame, Goggin was one of the VFL's finest rovers during his era, forming a memorable combination with legendary ruckmanPolly Farmer andfull forwardDoug Wade. He was also a regular Big V representative, both as a player and coach.
On 6 July 1963 he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beatenby Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the1963 Miracle Match.
After retiring from the VFL, Goggin coachedGeelong West in theVictorian Football Association from 1972 until 1975. He led the club to the1972 Division 2 premiership, a season in which the club was undefeated, and then to its first and only Division 1 premiership in1975. He also played with the club in its 1972 premiership, and coached the club again to a Grand Final in 1979.[3] He was also the coach of Victoria in State of Origin games on more than several occasions.
Goggin coached Geelong to successive Preliminary final appearances in 1980 and 1981, losing on both occasions to Collingwood in tight games. After Geelong only won seven games and crashed to ninth in 1982, Goggin contacted the club shortly after the end of the home-and-away rounds to say he would not seek reappointment as coach for the following season.[4] He subsequently took up a board position at the club.
He was inducted into theAustralian Football Hall of Fame in 2000. His citation read "Famous for roving toGraham "Polly" Farmer and pinpointingDoug Wade up forward."[5]
Goggin was also an accomplished sprinter, competing on the professional running circuit in the mid-1960s. He won the 1964Ballarat Gift.
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