# John Goold

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**John William Crosbie Goold** (27 June 1941 – 31 May 2024) was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who represented in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)) (VFL) during the 1960s.[1][2]

## Early life and education

John William Crosbie Goold was born on 27 June 1941. Originally from [Healesville](/source/Healesville) in the [Yarra Valley](/source/Yarra_Valley) of [Victoria, Australia](/source/Victoria,_Australia), he attended [Melbourne Grammar School](/source/Melbourne_Grammar_School), as a boarder, for 11 years.

## Football

Recruited from the [Yarra Valley Football League](/source/Yarra_Valley_Football_League) (YVFL) club Healesville,[3][4] Goold was a half back and played in two Carlton premiership sides. The first in [1968](/source/1968_VFL_grand_final) saw him line up at centre half back and the second came two years later in the [1970 VFL Grand Final](/source/1970_VFL_Grand_Final) which would be his last league game.

Goold represented [Victoria](/source/Victoria_Australian_rules_football_team) at interstate football, including at the [1966 Hobart Carnival](/source/1966_Hobart_Carnival), where he earned [All-Australian](/source/All-Australian) selection and finished second in the [Tassie Medal](/source/Tassie_Medal) voting. He also polled well in that year's [Brownlow Medal](/source/Brownlow_Medal), finishing in eighth place.[citation needed]

A fashion designer during his football career, which earned him the nickname "Ragsy", after he retired from football, Goold took up farming at a property in [Ellerslie, Victoria](/source/Ellerslie,_Victoria), and became involved in horse-breeding, specifically [polo ponies](/source/Polo_pony).[2]

## Personal life and death

Goold married Joanna Darling Baillieu in March 1968. Their son, Ed, played reserve grade football for Carlton from 1997 to 1998. John Goold died from cancer on 31 May 2024, in [Camperdown, Victoria](/source/Camperdown,_Victoria), at the age of 82.[1]

## References

1. Auld, Tim (2 June 2024). ["South-west mourns two-time Carlton premiership player"](https://www.standard.net.au/story/8648647/vale-carlton-football-legend-john-goold-passes-away-at-82/). The Standard. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

1. ["Farewell football's 'Mr Elegant': A tribute to John 'Ragsy' Goold"](https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1569859/farewell-footballs-mr-elegant-a-tribute-to-john-ragsy-goold). *carltonfc.com.au*. 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

1. [League Teams Chosen: Footscray v. Carlton, *The Age*, (Friday, 31 May 1963), p.24.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hBxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2003%2C4932054)

1. [Blues Name New Forward Flanker, *The Age*, (Friday, 31 May 1963), p. 24.](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hBxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3342%2C4934237)

## External links

- ["John Goold: Happy 70th Birthday!"](http://spiritofcarlton.com.au/blog/2011/06/27/john-goold-happy-70th-birthday/), spiritofcarlton.com.au. Accessed 3 June 2024.
- [John Goold, Blueseum profile](http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=John+Goold)
- [Ed Goold, Blueseum profile](http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Ed+Goold)

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