John Georgiades (born 3 January 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Subiaco in the

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(WAFL) and Footscray in the Australian Football League (AFL). Georgiades made his debut for Subiaco in the 1986 WAFL season. An "abundantly skilled half-forward", he had a breakout year in 1988, kicking 65 goals from 22 games. He finished runner-up to

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in the

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. He capped off his season by kicking six goals in Subiaco's preimership victory over Claremont in the 1988 WAFL Grand Final, and was regarded as unlucky not to win the

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as best on ground. He also polled 25 votes in the

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, only five behind the eventual winner

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. Georgiades was drafted by Footscray at number 35 at the 1988 VFL Draft. He is remembered for his debut in Round 1 of the 1989 season where he kicked 8 goals against Carlton. Only three players have kicked more goals on debut in

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history. Georgiades's career failed to continue and his career ended after 15 games. Later that season he would accidentally kick Trevor Barker's face in an attempt to kick the ball off the ground on a dismal day at VFL Park Waverley. Barker only got two possessions and Georgiades kicked no goals. Georgiades's son

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made his AFL debut for Port Adelaide in round one of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Georgiades, John 1966 births Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Australian people of Greek descent Western Bulldogs players Subiaco Football Club players Living people