Terry Bright Explained

Terry Bright
Birth Date:12 February 1958
Originalteam:Geelong West (VFA)
Height:188 cm
Weight:87 kg
Statsend:1987
Years1:1976–1987
Club1:Geelong
Games Goals1:219 (331)
Sooteam1:Victoria
Soogames Goals1:3 (?)
Careerhighlights:
  • 3× Geelong leading goalkicker
  • Victorian interstate representative (3 games)

Terry Bright (born 12 February 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the VFL.

Playing career

After winning a Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership with Geelong West in 1975,[1] he was recruited by the Cats with whom he played 219 VFL games. He was used as a forward but was sometimes seen across half back.

Bright has been inducted into the Geelong Football Club hall of fame.[2]

While playing Australian rules football, Bright would also play cricket in the local Geelong Cricket Association competition for Geelong West. A talented batsman, he was a member of the club's 1990/91 division one premiership team.[3]

Coaching career

After retiring from player, Bright later coached the Geelong Falcons to the inaugural premiership in the VSFL Under-18 competition (later TAC Cup) in 1992.[4]

He would later be an assistant coach at Geelong, coaching the club's reserves team for three seasons, until he departed the club at the end of the 1998 AFL season to take up a role as an assistant coach at the Fremantle Dockers with former team mate Damian Drum.[5]

Bright would coach a number of local clubs in Geelong competitions, including Geelong West-St Peters, St Mary's, and Newtown & Chilwell.[6]

He would finish his coaching career in 2014, stepping down as coach of Geelong West-St Peters.[7]

Family

Bright is the nephew of former player and coach Bill Goggin.[8] His son Michael was on Geelong's VFL list for a period of time in the early 2000s.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lannen . Danny . Greats to recall '75 flag . Geelong Advertiser . Nationwide News Pty Ltd . 27 May 2015 . Geelong, Victoria . 4.
  2. Web site: Geelong Football Club - Hall of Fame . Geelong Football Club . 13 September 2023.
  3. News: Barnes . Josh . The sweetest win of all . Geelong Advertiser . Nationwide News Pty Ltd . 27 April 2020 . Geelong, Victoria . 28.
  4. News: The Sunday Age (Sport Liftout). Melbourne, VIC. 19. Michael Lovett. 27 September 1992. Bright's young Falcons grab first-up flag.
  5. News: Reilly . Stephen . Linnell . Stephen . Cats re-sign Hocking for three years . The Age . Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited . 16 September 1998 . Melbourne, Victoria . 2 . Assistant coach and former player Terry Bright has agreed to join his former teammate Damian Drum at Fremantle next year. Bright has been Geelong's reserves coach for the past three seasons..
  6. News: Prime . Toby . The biggest names to have coached in the GFL . Geelong Advertiser . Nationwide News Pty Ltd . 16 September 2021 . Geelong, Victoria.
  7. News: Wade . Nick . Bright coach shock . Geelong Advertiser . Nationwide News Pty Ltd . 15 August 2014 . Geelong, Victoria . 56.
  8. News: Niall . Jake . Geelong and the stray Cats . The Age . Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited . 16 August 2003 . Melbourne, Victoria . 5 (sport).
  9. News: Baum . Greg . Sons of guns . The Age . Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited . 6 July 2002 . Melbourne, Victoria . 18.