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Matt Goggin
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Full name Matt Goggin
Date of birth (1936-07-21)21 July 1936
Date of death 2 February 1972(1972-02-02) (aged 35)
Place of death Melton, Victoria
Original team(s) Lethbridge
Height / weight 180 cm / 76 kg
Position(s) Wing
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matt Goggin (21 July 1936 – 2 February 1972) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

The older brother of Geelong captain Bill Goggin, Matt was electrocuted and killed in a workplace accident in February 1972 whilst working as a linesman for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Cats all liked Matt Goggin". The Age. 3 February 1972.

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