Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Bede Goff
- Nickname(s)
- Speedy
- Born
- Sunday, 17th June, 1928
- Died
- Sunday, 5th November, 2000 (Aged 72 years and 141 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
Biography
Wests junior, the club’s 1958 grand final hooker, played for NSW in two matches in 1959-60. Goff also played for Sydney against France in 1960 but left Wests to play with Balmain following the signing of Queensland Test forward Noel Kelly.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interstate Series | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Country Carnival | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 99 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 53 | 44 | 2 | 53.54% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Preseason Cup | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 105 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 58 | 52 | 2 | 55.24% | List | |||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Sydney Firsts | 1959-60 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1959-60 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| NSW City Firsts | 1960 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1959-1960 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1952 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1955 | 8 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1956 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.36% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1957 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1958 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1959 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 63.16% | List | ||||
| Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1960 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| Balmain | NSWRFL 1961 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Western Suburbs | 1952, 1955-60 | 81 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 43 | 36 | 2 | 53.09% | List | ||||
| Balmain | 1961 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 8 | 0 | 55.56% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1952-1961 | 99 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 53 | 44 | 2 | 53.54% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Wests Archives, Max Turner, Tim Costello
Your Say
27 Mar 2015 8:37pm
A wonderful man and a great sportsperson!
6 Aug 2016 8:37pm
one of the games best hookers I saw him play from a young age tuff and fast
28 May 2024 1:26am
One of the best players I saw tuff and skills like no other..
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