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Andy Goodwin

Richmond and Melbourne

AFL career

73 games9 goals

Debut
R20 1987 v STK15 Aug 1987
Most recent
R22 1993 v FIT29 Aug 1993

Stats

1993
MEL
4
3.0
2.3
5.3
3.0
1.0
2.3
0.5
0.0
0.0
21
1992
MEL
13
5.5
2.2
7.7
3.1
1.5
1.5
0.8
0.0
0.1
31
1991
RCH
15
7.7
4.1
11.8
3.3
1.5
2.0
0.6
0.0
0.1
39
1990
RCH
16
5.4
2.3
7.6
1.5
1.4
2.7
1.5
0.1
0.2
25
1989
RCH
11
7.6
2.8
10.5
2.3
1.9
2.5
1.3
0.5
0.3
38
1988
RCH
11
5.6
1.2
6.8
2.5
1.2
2.8
0.5
0.2
0.2
26
1987
RCH
3
7.3
2.3
9.7
2.3
1.0
3.7
1.3
0.0
0.0
29
League
Season
FIT
MCG
R22
2
5
7
4
1
4
2
1
0.0
23
RCH
MCG
R21
3
3
6
4
1
2
6
0
0.0
28
FSC
WO
R17
5
0
5
2
1
1
1
1
0.0
24
NTH
MCG
R4
2
1
3
2
1
2
0
0
0.0
9

Profile

Born
29 June 1963 (age 63y 114d)
Height
188 cm
Weight
86 kg

Teams

Born in England and a latecomer to the code, Andy Goodwin did not play Australian rules football until he was 18, eventually finding his way to local club Wandin after a chance encounter at a wedding. Following brief stints with St Kilda's reserves and Box Hill, he finally broke into the senior ranks at Richmond as a 24-year-old, instantly impressing to win the club's Best First Year Player award in 1987. A rugged utility who largely operated as a defender, Goodwin established a reputation as a physical competitor who used his body effectively in marking contests to protect his teammates. After being delisted by the Tigers, he was thrown a lifeline by Melbourne in the 1992 Pre-Season Draft, though his two seasons at the Demons were hampered by knee injuries, culminating in a Reserves premiership shortly before his retirement.