William Goggin was born on 4 January 1941 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
12 Facts About Bill Goggin
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Bill Goggin later coached Geelong and the Footscray Football Club.
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Bill Goggin's brother Matt played for Geelong, and other brother Charlie is a racehorse trainer in Tasmania.
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Charlie's son Mathew Bill Goggin, is a golfer on the PGA Tour.
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Bill Goggin was a regular Big V representative, both as a player and coach.
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Bill Goggin led the club to the 1972 Division 2 premiership, a season in which the club was undefeated, and then to its first and only Division 1 premiership in 1975.
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Bill Goggin played with the club in its 1972 premiership, and coached the club again to a Grand Final in 1979.
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Bill Goggin was the coach of Victoria in State of Origin games on more than several occasions.
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Bill Goggin coached Geelong to successive Preliminary final appearances in 1980 and 1981, losing on both occasions to Collingwood in tight games.
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Bill Goggin subsequently took up a board position at the club.
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Bill Goggin was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Bill Goggin was an accomplished sprinter, competing on the professional running circuit in the mid-1960s.