Geoff Hill (Australian footballer)

Geoff Hill (14 August 1936 – 2 September 1982) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Geoff Hill
Personal information
Full name Geoff Hill
Date of birth (1936-08-14)14 August 1936
Date of death 2 September 1982(1982-09-02) (aged 46)
Original team(s) New Norfolk
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1959–60 Fitzroy 18 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hill made his senior debut for New Norfolk in the Tasmanian Football League on his 18th birthday [2] and played for them until joining Fitzroy in 1959. Later in his career he returned to New Norfolk and was a member of the 1968 premiership team under coach Trevor Leo.

He was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.[3]


Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ""THANK YOU BOYS", SAYS COACH". The Mercury. CLXXV (26, 097). Tasmania. 16 August 1954. p. 21. Retrieved 22 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. http://www.afltashalloffame.com.au/inductees/268-geoff-hill/
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