Eddie Goodger Explained

Eddie Goodger
Fullname:Edmund James Goodger
Birth Date:10 March 1929
Originalteam:Heidelberg
Height:188 cm
Weight:87 kg
Statsend:1958
Years1:1949–1958
Club1:Fitzroy
Games Goals1:149 (1)

Edmund James Goodger (born 10 March 1929) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Goodger came to Fitzroy from Heidelberg, where he had won a best and fairest in 1948.

A defender, he spent much of his time at Fitzroy as a centre half-back, but also played in the ruck.

Goodger was second to Neville Broderick in Fitzroy's 1952 "best and fairest" award, missing out by a single vote.[2]

He left Fitzroy at the end of the 1958 VFL season, to join Ivanhoe Amateurs as a playing coach.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/E/Eddie_Goodger.html AFL Tables: Eddie Goodger
  2. Book: Donald, Chris. Fitzroy: For The Love Of The Jumper. Pan Macmillan Australia. 2002. 978-1-877029-18-9.
  3. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.