Don McKenzie (born 22 July 1942) is a former

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. McKenzie played 137 games for Footscray but didn't get to play finals football. He kicked 128 goals with a best season tally coming in 1969 when he kicked 32 goals. McKenzie played his last game in 1970 before leaving Footscray and in 1972 won the

J. J. Liston Trophy The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football Association). It is named after J.J. Liston, a businessman, civic leader and sports administrato ...

while captaining and coaching

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in the Victorian Football Association. During the 1978 VFL season he took over coaching duties at Footscray from

Bill Goggin William Goggin (born 4 January 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the VFL/AFL, Victorian Football League (VFL). He later coached Geelong and also the Western Bulldogs, Footscray Football Cl ...

and remained coach until the end of 1979.

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* 1942 births Living people Western Bulldogs players Western Bulldogs coaches Sunshine Football Club (VFA) players Sunshine Football Club (VFA) coaches J. J. Liston Trophy winners Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Spotswood Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub