{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Gordon Casey | image = | fullname = Gordon Casey | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|25|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Gorya | height = 180 cm | weight = 85 kg | position = | statsend = 1975 | years1 = 1968 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 1 (1) | years2 = 1969–1975 | club2 = Footscray | games_goals2 = 125 (5) | games_goalstotal = 126 (6) | careerhighlights = }} '''Gordon Casey''' (born 25 March 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref>
Casey, recruited from Gorya (towns of Speed & Turriff), started his career as a forward and was the Carlton reserves leading goal-kicker in both 1967 and 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Gordon+Casey| title=Gordon Casey| publisher=Blueseum}}</ref> He only got one opportunity to play in the seniors and in 1969 he tried his luck at a new club, Footscray.<ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gordon_Casey.html AFL Tables: Gordon Casey]</ref> His time at Footscray was spent in the back pocket and he was good enough to represent Victoria against Tasmania in 1973.<ref>''The Age'',[http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?id=e8lUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5467,5659568 "Footscray demotes Casey"], 22 March 1974, p. 15</ref> He later played at Swan Districts and appeared in the 1980 WAFL Grand Final.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Casey, Gordon}} Category:1950 births Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Western Bulldogs players Category:Swan Districts Football Club players Category:Living people Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen