1980 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1980 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 125.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Rod Blake (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Terry Bright (55)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Rod Blake

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ian Nankervis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blake, Rod #16 24 R01-R22, SF, PF 12
Bortolotto, Mario #29 5 R02-R06 1
Bos, Mark #24 23 R02-R22, SF, PF 5
Bright, Terry #4 24 R01-R22, SF, PF 59
Bruns, Neville #19 15 R02-R11, R18-R21, PF 20
Card, Ray #20 8 R01, R07-R09, R20-R22, SF 0
Cassidy, Jeff #15 4 R01-R02, R21-R22 0
Clarke, David #14 24 R01-R22, SF, PF 46
Donohue, Larry #23 4 R01-R02, R04, R06 3
Featherby, Peter #11 24 R01-R22, SF, PF 20
Floyd, Tommy #37 22 R03-R22, SF, PF 25
Hawkins, Jack #26 22 R01-R13, R16-R22, SF, PF 0
Jeffreys, Paul #22 11 R01-R03, R11-R18 1
Johnston, Peter #3 18 R07-R22, SF, PF 19
Lunn, Stephen #39 22 R02-R22, PF 19
Malarkey, Gary #5 20 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R14, R16-R21, SF, PF 0
Matthews, Kelvin #7 11 R07-R09, R12-R17, R20, SF 16
Middlemiss, Glenn #2 19 R03-R19, SF, PF 22
Mossop, John #10 10 R01-R02, R10, R17-R22, SF 13
Murrie, Richard #31 10 R03-R09, R19-R21 2
Nankervis, Bruce #33 22 R01-R11, R14-R22, SF, PF 17
Nankervis, Ian #40 20 R01-R19, PF 2
Neal, Robert #35 5 R06, R14-R15, R22, SF 1
Newman, Sam #17 22 R01-R16, R18-R22, SF 19
O'Keefe, Maurice #30 1 R01 1
Preston, Andy #28 10 R01-R02, R04-R05, R10-R13, R22, SF 3
Reed, Malcolm #1 5 R03, R20-R22, PF 1
Sarah, Paul #11 2 R01-R02 0
Sheehan, Kevin #8 11 R01, R07, R10, R12-R19 12
Smith, Jan #13 2 R22, PF 0
Smyth, Dale #25 2 R04-R05 0
Taylor, Zane #34 13 R01, R08, R11-R19, SF, PF 2
Turner, Mick #9 23 R01-R18, R20-R22, SF, PF 16
Witcombe, Murray #18 20 R03-R06, R08-R17, R19-R22, SF, PF 10
Yeates, Mark #21 2 R15, PF 0

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Goggin, Bill 24 17 -0- 7 R01-R22, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1980 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 3 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
07/04/1980 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 5 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
12/04/1980 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 26 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
19/04/1980 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 37 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
25/04/1980 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 5 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
03/05/1980 Round 6 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 11 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
10/05/1980 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN GEE by 14 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
17/05/1980 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 63 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
24/05/1980 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 31 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
31/05/1980 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 15 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
07/06/1980 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 41 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
15/06/1980 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 63 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
21/06/1980 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 5 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
28/06/1980 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 57 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
12/07/1980 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 80 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
19/07/1980 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 9 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
26/07/1980 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN GEE by 17 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
02/08/1980 Round 18 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 14 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
09/08/1980 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 5 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis
16/08/1980 Round 20 Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 18 Bill Goggin unknown
23/08/1980 Round 21 Fitzroy AWAY WIN GEE by 15 Bill Goggin unknown
30/08/1980 Round 22 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 50 Bill Goggin unknown
13/09/1980 Semi Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 24 Bill Goggin unknown
20/09/1980 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 4 Bill Goggin Ian Nankervis