18 Facts About Geoff Grover

Geoff Grover played two senior games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League, and two seasons with the St Kilda Reserves.

Geoff Grover played 119 senior games for the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association, including the 1967 Grand Final against Dandenong Football Club.

Geoff Grover represented the VFA at the 1966 Australian National Football Carnival in Hobart, the last time that a VFA team took part in any ANFC carnival.

The son of William David Grover and Roma Dolores Grover, nee McIntosh, Geoffrey David Grover was born in Glen Huntly, Victoria, on 19 September 1943.

Geoff Grover was remarkable in that he was left handed and right footed: bouncing and hand-balling as a left hander, and kicking as a right footer.

Geoff Grover played in the St Kilda Reserves team that lost the Grand Final against Geelong, 13.12 to 7.11, on Saturday, 5 October 1963, in front of a crowd of 101,452 spectators at the MCG.

Geoff Grover made his senior league debut for St Kilda, playing at full back, on Saturday, 18 July 1964, in a five-point loss to Footscray at the Western Oval, 10.10 to 11.9, in which his fellow Caulfield Grammarian, John Schultz, was best on ground.

Geoff Grover played against Hawthorn, the following week, when St Kilda won by 30 points, 11.15 to 7.9.

Geoff Grover played no more senior football at St Kilda.

At the time, the demands of his employer were such that Geoff Grover was not able to travel all the way from Port Melbourne to Moorabbin to train as St Kilda demanded; and, so, at the beginning of the 1965 season, he was cleared by St Kilda to Port Melbourne Football Club in the VFA.

Geoff Grover continued to play with Port Melbourne until the end of the 1971 season, playing a total of 119 senior games, including three Grand Finals: in 1965,1966, and 1967.

Geoff Grover was one of the best on the ground for his team in its Grand Final loss to Waverley in 1965.

Geoff Grover played a strong game at full-back for the Port Melbourne 1966 Grand Final team that thrashed Waverley, 13.12 to 6.11.

Geoff Grover played so well at full-back in his three games that, even though one of his opponents, Peter Hudson, was selected at full-forward for the 1966 All-Australian team of 20 players, at the end of the carnival, Geoff would have been selected if the organizers had selected a player from the VFA.

Geoff Grover left Ferntree Gully, and retired from football, when his employer, the Ford Motor Company, offered him a substantial promotion to its West Australian operation in Perth.

An able scholar, a dedicated team player, and developing into a strong leader on and off the sports field, Geoff Grover held a number of senior sales and marketing positions with Ford Motor Company in Victoria and in Western Australia, culminating in that of National Sales and Marketing Manager at the company's Head Office at Broadmeadows.

Geoff Grover was the Managing Director at Innova Design Furniture, in Brisbane; and, later, the Queensland State Manager of the software company, Concept Systems International, before devoting himself to real estate, specializing in resort development and residential property.

Geoff Grover was a licensed real estate agent, working from Mount Coolum, in Queensland, and was the Managing Director of Ranelagh Pty Ltd.