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

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]

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. Vol. CLXXV, no. 26, 097. Tasmania. 16 August 1954. p. 21. Retrieved 22 February 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "268. Geoff Hill | AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame".
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