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Clem Goonan

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Clem Goonan
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-06-18) 18 June 1939 (age 85)
Original team(s) Whorouly, Myrtleford
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961–1964 South Melbourne 50 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clem Goonan (born 18 June 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Goonan played his early football at Whorouly and won the Ovens & King Football League's best and fairest award in 1958.[2][3] Although approached by four VFL clubs, Goonan next played for Myrtleford.[3][4] He was cleared to South Melbourne in 1961, where he remained until 1964, with most of his 50 appearances coming as a defender or ruck-rover.[3][5]

Relocated to northern Victoria through his work as a police officer, Goonan joined the Albury Football Club.[3] A knee injury cost him a spot in Albury's 1966 premiership team.[4]

He later spent four years as captain-coach of Rutherglen.[3] and one year as Captain Coach of Burrumbuttock in the Hume League in the mid-1970's.

He was inducted into the Ovens & King Football League Hall of Fame in 2006.

References

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  1. ^ "Clem Goonan". AFL Tables.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Swan Songs - with Clem Goonan". Sydney Swans.
  4. ^ a b The Border Mail, "League honours club greats", 17 September 2006
  5. ^ The Age, "Weideman Fit?", 19 April 1961, p. 1