Con Gorozidis (born 20 September 1961) 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 for St Kilda and Footscray 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). Gorozidis was a leading junior player with the East Brighton Football Club and had made his senior football debut at only sixteen with

Victorian Football Association 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 ...

(VFA) side Caulfield. He was recruited by St Kilda where he made his senior VFL debut in round 8,

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, against

Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Kardinia Park in South Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...

at Geelong's home ground,

Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria, South Geelong, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major Australian Football League, AFL stadium, a seco ...

. Gorozidis was St Kilda Football Club leading goalkicker in

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, with 34 goals, but he played only one more season with St Kilda before transferring to rival VFL club Footscray for the

1983 VFL season The 1983 VFL season was the 87th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 26 March until 24 September, and comprised a ...

. Gorozidis played only one season with Footscray before returning to the VFA with

Sandringham Football Club The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed the Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, Victoria, Sandringham. It currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VF ...

playing in the 1985 premiership. After moving on from Sandringham Goro returned to East Brighton where he played in a premierships with mate John Bennett. Other clubs Con played for include Hampton Park, Bentleigh, Hampton Hammers and Murrumbeena. He was also a successful cricketer, playing for over 30 years for the Brighton Union Cricket Club in the City of Moorabbin Cricket Association.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorozidis, Con Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent St Kilda Football Club players Western Bulldogs players Caulfield Football Club players Sandringham Football Club players 1961 births Living people