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Geof Motley OAM (born 3 January 1935) is a former
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er and coach who played for
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(SANFL) side
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. Motley was born near
Alberton Oval Alberton Oval is located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ground is a public park and is exclusively leased to the Port Adelaide Football Club for Australian rules football. History With the nearby Queens ...
, the home ground of the Port Adelaide Football Club, and grew up supporting Port Adelaide. Phelan, J
"Mots Joins The Greats"
afl.com.au, 8 May 2008, accessed 7 June 2008


Port Adelaide (1954-1966)

For eight seasons (1959–1966) Motley captained the then dominating team of the League, including a stint as captain-coach from 1959 to 1961. He was the only man to appear in all nine of the Magpies premiership teams between 1954 and 1965. Motley played a total of 258 games for Port between 1953 and 1966 and also represented South Australia on 28 occasions.
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During his career, Motley was never dropped from the league team and was never reported. During his time in league football, not being reported for foul play was a rare thing for a player as at the time having a certain amount of mongrel or thuggery was seen a common thing. Motley was named Port Adelaide's best and fairest player in 1958, 1959, 1963, and 1965; and won the
Magarey Medal The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by Willia ...
in 1964. "Profile: Geof Motley"
afl.com.au, 8 May 2008, accessed 7 June 2008
Motley was captain-coach of the Magpies 1959 premiership winning side.


North Adelaide coach (1967-1969)

Geof Motley went on to coach
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in 1967-1969, taking the club to 3rd, 3rd, and 5th. They won the minor premiership in 1967 but were unable to compete successfully against Sturt and Port Adelaide in the major round. Under Motley's tutelage, Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend
Barrie Robran Barrie Charles Robran MBE (born 25 September 1947 in Whyalla, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1967 to 1980. He won South Australian footbal ...
debuted and won his first Magarey Medal.


After football

Since retiring, Motley has been bestowed with several honours including life membership of Port Adelaide and the SANFL, and membership of the
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and the
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. In 2001 Motley was named on a half-back flank in Port Adelaide's 'Greatest Team of All Time'.


Personal life

Geof was married to Gaynor who played for Australia in basketball (competing in the first world championships in Rio de Janeiro) and netball, and represented South Australia in softball until her death on 21 February 1999. Their son,
Peter Motley Peter Motley (born 24 September 1964 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, representing Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Carlton Football Club in the ...
played for rival SANFL club Sturt and
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(VFL) club
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, while Motley's second cousin is former Port Adelaide captain
Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea (born 24 December 1978) is a former Australian Rules Footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and former Weekday Sports Presenter on ''Nine News Adelaide''. Since his retire ...
. Note: "Geof" is the correct spelling of his name.


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Geof Motley
at Port Adelaide Football Club
Geof Motley
at SANFL Hall of Fame
North Adelaide Football Club
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Motley, Geof Australian rules footballers from South Australia Magarey Medal winners Members of the Order of Australia Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) coaches North Adelaide Football Club coaches Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Living people 1935 births