Tony Goodchild

Tony Goodchild is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).[1][2] According to Jeff Pash, Goodchild was "the hardiest marker of them all. He gets grimly to that front position, sets himself, and stays there. Strength, with that characteristic habit of determination, does it".[3] In 1959, Goodchild was awarded the T.S. O'Halloran Trophy as best on ground for South Australia against Victoria.[4]

Tony Goodchild
Personal information
Full name Anthony Goodchild
Original team(s) Roseworthy College
Position(s) Forward/Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953-1962 Sturt (SANFL) 132 (128)
Total 132 (128)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 7 (12)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Career highlights
  • 2 x Sturt Best and Fairest 1956, 1957
  • Sturt Captain 1958-59
  • Sturt Team of the Twentieth Century (Half-Forward Flank)
  • 4 x The Advertiser SANFL Team of the Year 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960
  • T.S. O'Halloran Trophy 1959
  • Sturt Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Hahndorf (Hills Central FA) Premiership 1963

Following retirement from Sturt, Goodchild shifted to Hahndorf for one season, where he was a member of their 1963 Hills Central Football Association Premiership.[5]

References
  1. Devaney, John. "Tony Goodchild". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "Team of the Century". Sturt Football Club. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. Pash, Jeff. The Pash Papers. p. 112.
  4. "Sturt Player Profiles". SANFL Football Memories. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. "Class of '63 feted" (PDF). Josh Marton's Sporting Spiel. Mount Barker Courier. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
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