Doug Long
Geelong
AFL career
73 games52 goals
- Debut
- R1 1957 v FSC22 Apr 1957
- Most recent
- R18 1961 v FSC26 Aug 1961
Stats
Bio
A ruckman recruited from South Gambier, Doug Long spent five seasons at Kardinia Park where he became a regular fixture in the Geelong lineup. He featured in the club's 1961 Night Premiership side before departing the VFL at just 22 years of age to take up a captain-coach role with Glenelg in the SANFL. While he started his career in the ruck, Long later reinvented himself as a key defender under Neil Kerley and became a decorated figure in South Australian football, earning seven state guernseys and eventual induction into the Glenelg Hall of Fame.
Profile
- Born
- 28 Mar 1940
- Died
- 09 Feb 2009 (aged 68y 318d)
- Height
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 94 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA ruckman recruited from South Gambier, Doug Long spent five seasons at Kardinia Park where he became a regular fixture in the Geelong lineup. He featured in the club's 1961 Night Premiership side before departing the VFL at just 22 years of age to take up a captain-coach role with Glenelg in the SANFL. While he started his career in the ruck, Long later reinvented himself as a key defender under Neil Kerley and became a decorated figure in South Australian football, earning seven state guernseys and eventual induction into the Glenelg Hall of Fame.