Clem Goonan (born 18 June 1939) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Goonan played his early football at Whorouly and won the

Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League (OKFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in north-eastern Victoria (state), Victoria around the regional cities of Benalla, Victoria, Benalla and Wangaratta, Victoria, Wanga ...

's best and fairest award in 1958. Although approached by four VFL clubs, Goonan next played for

Myrtleford Myrtleford is a town in northeast Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 282 km (175 miles) northeast of Melbourne and 47 km (29 miles) southeast of Wangaratta. Myrtleford is part of the Alpine Shire local government area and in 20 ...

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"League honours club greats"
17 September 2006 He was cleared to South Melbourne in 1961, where he remained until 1964, with most of his 50 appearances coming as a defender or ruck-rover.''

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"Weideman Fit?"
19 April 1961, p. 1 Relocated to northern Victoria through his work as a police officer, Goonan joined the

Albury Football Club The Albury Football Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Albury, a major regional city in New South Wales. Albury football and netball squads compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League. C ...

. A knee injury cost him a spot in Albury's 1966 premiership team. He later spent four years as captain-coach of

Rutherglen Rutherglen (; , ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having previously existed as a separate Lanarkshire burgh, in 1975 Rutherglen lo ...

. and one year as Captain Coach of Burrumbuttock in the Hume League in the mid-1970's. He was inducted into the

Hall of Fame in 2006.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goonan, Clem 1939 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Myrtleford Football Club players Albury Football Club players Rutherglen Football Club players Rutherglen Football Club coaches Living people