Matt Goggin
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Matt Goggin | ||
Date of birth | 21 July 1936 | ||
Date of death | 2 February 1972 | (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
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Cats all liked Matt Goggin". The Age. 3 February 1972.
External links
- Matt Goggin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Matt Goggin at AustralianFootball.com