Geoff Moriarty

Geoff Moriarty
Personal information
Date of birth	28 October 1871
Date of death	29 October 1948(1948-10-29) (aged 77)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1907	Fitzroy	106 (0)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1911-1912	Fitzroy	36 (20-16-0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912 season.

Geoff Moriarty (28 October 1871 – 29 October 1948)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy from the inaugural Victorian Football League season in 1897.

The father of Fitzroy full-forward Jack Moriarty, Geoff played at the opposite end of the ground and was a premiership winning fullback with the Maroons. He was a member of Fitzroy premiership sides in 1899 and 1905, also playing in their losing Grand Finals in 1900 and 1906.

In 1911 he became Fitzroy's first ever official coach, with the club finishing fifth on both of his two seasons in charge.

References

↑ "Family Notices.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 30 October 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

Geoff Moriarty's statistics from AFL Tables
Coaching record at Allthestats

Fitzroy Football Club 1899 VFL premiers

Fitzroy 3.9 (27) defeated South Melbourne 3.8 (26), at the Junction Oval

Clarke Cleary Dalton Deas Descrimes Drohan Fontaine J.Grace M.Grace Hickey Jenkins McDougall McEwan McSpeerin Moriarty Potter Robinson Sloan (c)

Fitzroy Football Club 1905 VFL premiers

Fitzroy 4.6 (30) defeated Collingwood 2.5 (17), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Bailes Brosnan (c) G. Barker L. Barker Beauchamp Fontaine Jenkins Johnson McDonough Millis Milne Moriarty Naismith Sharp Sheehan Trotter Walker Wilkinson

Coaches of the Fitzroy Football Club

1911–1912: Moriarty 1913–1915: Parratt 1916–1919: Holden 1919: Melling 1920–1921: Parratt 1922–1924: Belcher 1925: Lethbridge 1926–1927: Belcher 1928: Rattray 1929: Ringrose 1929: Freake 1930–1931: Niven 1932–1933: Maher 1934: Wigraft 1934: Cashman 1935: Rowe 1936: Bunton 1937–1939: Rattray 1940–1942: Minogue 1943–1947: Hughson 1945: Hillard 1948: Cameron 1949–1951: N. Smith 1952–1954: Ruthven 1955–1957: Stephen 1956: Curcio 1958–1962: L. Smith 1961: Edwards 1963–1964: Murray 1963: Clark 1964: Williams 1965–1970: Stephen 1968: Slocum 1971–1974: Donaldson 1974: Campbell 1975–1977: Rose 1978: Campbell 1979–1980: Stephen 1981–1985: Walls 1986–1988: Parkin 1989–1990: Austin 1991–1994: Shaw 1995: Quinlan 1995: McConnell 1996: Nunan 1996: McConnell

Italics denote caretaker coach

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