Geof Motley
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| Birth | , |
| Recruited from | Port Adelaide, (SANFL)
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| Debut | , Port Adelaide vs. , at |
| Team(s) | Port Adelaide, SANFL (1953-1966)
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| Team(s) | Port Adelaide (1959-1961)
North Adelaide (1967 - 1969) |
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Geof Motley OAM was an Australian Rules Football player and coach who played for SANFL side Port Adelaide.
For eight seasons (1959-1966) he captained the then dominating team of the League. He was the only man to appear in all nine of the Magpies premiership teams between 1954 and 1965. He played a total of 258 SANFL games for Port between 1953 and 1966 and also represented South Australia on 28 occasions.
He won the Magarey Medal in 1964.
He was captain coach of the Magpies 1959 premiership winning side. He later went on to coach North Adelaide.
His son, Peter Motley played for Sturt and Carlton.
Note: "Geof" is the correct spelling of his name[1]
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