Tony Goodchild Explained

Tony Goodchild
Fullname:Anthony Goodchild
Originalteam:Roseworthy College
Position:Forward/ruck
Statsend:1962
Years1:1953-1962
Club1:Sturt (SANFL)
Games Goals1:132 (128)
Games Goalstotal:132 (128)
Sooteam1:South Australia
Soogames Goals1:7 (12)
Careerhighlights:
  • 2 x Sturt Best and Fairest 1956, 1957
  • Sturt Captain 1958-59
  • Sturt Team of the Twentieth Century (half-forward flank)
  • 4 x The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960
  • T.S. O'Halloran Trophy 1959
  • Sturt Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Hahndorf (Hills Central FA) Premiership 1963

Tony Goodchild is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1] [2] According to Jeff Pash, Goodchild was "the hardiest marker of them all. He gets grimly to that front position, sets himself, and stays there. Strength, with that characteristic habit of determination, does it".[3] In 1959, Goodchild was awarded the T.S. O'Halloran Trophy as best on ground for South Australia against Victoria.[4]

Following retirement from Sturt, Goodchild shifted to Hahndorf for one season, where he was a member of their 1963 Hills Central Football Association Premiership.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Devaney . John . Tony Goodchild . AustralianFootball.com . 17 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Team of the Century . Sturt Football Club . 17 March 2020.
  3. Book: Pash . Jeff . The Pash Papers . 112.
  4. Web site: Sturt Player Profiles . SANFL Football Memories . 17 March 2020.
  5. News: Class of '63 feted . 17 March 2020 . Mount Barker Courier . Josh Marton's Sporting Spiel . 13 June 2013.