Geoff Willis (footballer)

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
Personal information
Full name Geoff Willis
Date of birth (1921-08-20)20 August 1921
Date of death 27 October 1986(1986-10-27) (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]

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "1948 - GEOFF WILLIS BEST and FAIREST". The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW). 3 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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