Terry Bright (born 12 February 1958) is a former

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footballer who played for

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in the VFL.

Playing career

After winning a

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(VFA) premiership with

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in 1975, he was recruited by the Cats with whom he played 219 VFL games. He was used as a forward but was sometimes seen across half back. Bright has been inducted into the Geelong Football Club hall of fame. While playing Australian rules football, Bright would also play cricket in the local Geelong Cricket Association competition for Geelong West. A talented batsman, he was a member of the club's 1990/91 division one premiership team.

Coaching career

After retiring from player, Bright later coached the

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to the inaugural premiership in the VSFL Under-18 competition (later

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) in 1992. He would later be an assistant coach at Geelong, coaching the club's reserves team for three seasons, until he departed the club at the end of the

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to take up a role as an assistant coach at the

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with former team mate

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. Bright would coach a number of local clubs in Geelong competitions, including Geelong West-St Peters, St Mary's, and Newtown & Chilwell. He would finish his coaching career in 2014, stepping down as coach of Geelong West-St Peters.

Family

Bright is the nephew of former player and coach Bill Goggin. His son Michael was on Geelong's VFL list for a period of time in the early 2000s.

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* 1958 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players Geelong West Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1950s-stub