Bill Goggin
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William "Bill" Goggin 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 spanned more than a decade. Goggin was a dual best & fairest winner, premiership player and captain of his beloved Cats.
Goggin was also an accomplished sprinter, competing on the professional running circuit in the mid-1960s. He won the 1964 Ballarat Gift.
Goggin coached Geelong West to its only VFA First Division premiership in 1975.
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 golf
er on the PGA Tour
.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
player in the Victorian Football League for Geelong Football Club
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
and later coached Footscray
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
and Geelong football clubs. Goggin ranks as one of Geelong's greatest ever players in a career that spanned more than a decade. Goggin was a dual best & fairest winner, premiership player and captain of his beloved Cats.
Goggin was also an accomplished sprinter, competing on the professional running circuit in the mid-1960s. He won the 1964 Ballarat Gift.
Goggin coached Geelong West to its only VFA First Division premiership in 1975.
He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame
Australian Football Hall of Fame
The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...
in 2000. His citation read "Famous for roving to Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer
Graham Farmer
Graham Vivian "Polly" Farmer, MBE is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. Born in Western Australia, he joined the East Perth Football Club as a ruckman in 1953, where he won several awards and contributed to the team winning three premierships...
and pinpointing Doug Wade
Doug Wade
Douglas Graeme Wade is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club....
up forward." His nephew, Mathew Goggin
Mathew Goggin
Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...
, is a golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
.