Geofrey Peter MOTLEY OAM
Date of Birth: | 3rd January 1935 |
Place of Birth: | Adelaide |
Date of Death / Age: | 26th September 2023 / 88 years |
Place of Death: | Adelaide |
Height: | 180 cm |
Playing Weight: | 85 kg |
“Power” Families: | Second Cousin: Warren Tredrea |
Junior & League Footy: | Port Adelaide Colts |
SANFL Career
Playing Career: | 1953 – 1966 |
Guernsey(s): | 1 / 17 (1953 – 1958) |
Position(s): | Defender / Forward |
Games: | 250 |
Goals: | 156 |
SANFL Awards & Honours
Club Records:
- Most Premierships – 9 [League Record]
Club Honours:
- Premiership Player (1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965)
- Best & Fairest (1958, 1959, 1963, 1965)
- Team Leaders:
- Captain-Coach (1959, 1960, 1961)
- Captain (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
- Life Member (1962)
- Greatest Team 1870 – 2000: Right Half-Back Flank (2001)
- Port Adelaide Hall of Fame:
- Inductee (2002)
- Teams Inductee (2018, 2019)
League Honours:
- Magarey Medal (1964)
- Life Membership (1968)
- SA Football Hall of Fame Inductee (2002)
AFL Honours:
- Australian Football Hall of Fame Inductee (2008)
Representative Honours:
- South Australia – 28 games:
- Team (1954 – 1957 / 1959 – 1965):
- Australian National Football Carnival [Centenary Carnival] – Melbourne (1958)