Geoff Willis (20 August 1921 – 27 October 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Geoff Willis | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Geoff Willis | ||
Date of birth | 20 August 1921 | ||
Date of death | 27 October 1986 | (aged 65)||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1940–44 | North Melbourne | 36 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Willis was captain-coach of Griffith Football Club in the South West Football League (New South Wales) in 1947 (3rd) and 1948 (4th) and he won the 1948 SWDFL Gammage Medal.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 959. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1948 - GEOFF WILLIS BEST and FAIREST". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 3 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
External links
edit- Geoff Willis's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Geoff Willis at AustralianFootball.com