Eddie Goodger is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Goodger came to Fitzroy from Heidelberg

Heidelberg Football Club

Heidelberg Football Club is an Australian rules football club in Heidelberg, Victoria, currently competing in the Northern Football League.-History:...

, where he had won a Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...

 in 1948.

A defender, he spent much of his time at Fitzroy as a centre half-back

Centre half-back

In Australian rules football, the centre half-back refers to a position in the half-back line of a football field.Centre half back is considered a key position in defence. Examples of centre half-backs include Glen Jakovich, Darren Mead, Tom Harley and Chris Tarrant....

, but also played in the ruck.

Goodger was second to Neville Broderick

Neville Broderick

Neville Broderick was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the VFL.Broderick was a defender and spent three seasons at Collingwood. He crossed to Fitzroy in 1952 and won their Best and fairest in his debut season with the club.-References:...

 in Fitzroy's 1952 "Best and Fairest" award, missing out by a single vote.

He left Fitzroy at the end of the 1958 VFL season

1958 VFL season

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, to join Ivanhoe Amateurs as a playing coach.