Geoff Pryor (footballer)

Geoff Pryor
Personal information
Date of birth	(1945-11-21) 21 November 1945
Original team(s)	Wesley College
Height / weight	191 cm / 86 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1965–70, 1973–74	Essendon	137 (8)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1974.

Geoff Pryor (born 21 November 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Pryor was a tall defender who played at half back in Essendon's 1965 premiership team and was at full-back in the side that lost the 1968 Grand Final. He was one of the Essendon footballers who took part in the 1970 player's strike which saw him miss the opening round and later helped form the league's Players Association.

He missed the 1971 and 1972 seasons as he was overseas but returned in 1973 to bring up his 100th VFL game and remained until the end of the 1974 season.

References

Geoff Pryor's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Essendon Football Club 1965 VFL premiers

Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.6 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Clarke 2. Gerlach 4. Shaw 6. Gosper 8. Payne 10. Shelton 11. Birt 14. Blew 16. Johnston 18. Brown 20. Fordham 21. Pryor 23. Fraser (c) 24. McKenzie 27. Waite 28. Epis 31. Mitchell 32. Davis 34. Sampson 43. Egan

Coach: Coleman

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