Geoff Case

Australian rules footballer (1935–2018)

Australian rules footballer
Geoff Case
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Alan Case
Date of birth (1935-09-15)15 September 1935
Date of death 22 June 2018(2018-06-22) (aged 82)
Original team(s) Melbourne Grammar School
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s) Half-back flank, utility
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–1962 Melbourne 123 (34)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Geoffrey Alan Case (15 September 1935 – 22 June 2018[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Case was a tough midfielder and played his 122 VFL games for Melbourne, which included the 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1960 winning grand finals. He also represented the VFL, but retired at the relatively young age of just twenty-six in 1962.

References

  1. ^ "Premiership player Geoff Case passes away - melbournefc.com.au". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geoff Case.
  • Geoff Case's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Geoff Case at AustralianFootball.com
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Melbourne Football Club 1955 VFL premiers
Melbourne 8.16 (64) defeated Collingwood 5.6 (36), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  • 1. Cordner
  • 2. McKenzie
  • 3. Marquis
  • 5. McLean
  • 6. Adams
  • 7. Case
  • 11. Mithen
  • 12. Spencer
  • 14. T. Johnson
  • 16. Laidlaw
  • 17. McGivern
  • 18. B. Johnson
  • 24. Ridley
  • 25. Williams
  • 26. Clarke
  • 28. Gleeson
  • 30. Beckwith
  • 31. Barassi
  • 35. McMahen (c)
  • 38. Melville
Coach: Smith
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Melbourne Football Club 1957 VFL premiers
Melbourne 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 7.13 (55), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Smith
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Melbourne Football Club 1959/60 VFL premiers
1959: Melbourne 17.13 (115) defeated Essendon 11.12 (78), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1960: Melbourne 8.14 (62) defeated Collingwood 2.2 (14), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Smith


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