Geoff Long

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{For|those of a similar name|Jeff Long (disambiguation){{!}}Jeff Long}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Geoff Long

| image =

| fullname = Geoffrey Roy Long

| birth_date = 13 November 1929

| birth_place = Tasmania

| death_date = 18 September 2023 (aged 93){{cite news |title='One of the best': Tassie footy legend dies aged 93 |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/8359853/one-of-the-best-tassie-footy-legend-dies-aged-93/ |access-date=16 October 2023 |work=The Examiner |date=24 September 2023 |language=en-AU|first=Hamish |last=Geale|url-access=subscription}}

| death_place = Queensland

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| position = Centre half forward

| statsend = 1960

| years1 = 1948–60

| club1 = City/City-South

| games_goals1 = 229

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}}

Geoffrey Roy Long (13 November 1929 – 18 September 2023) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for City/City-South, in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) from 1948 to 1960, won a number of awards and played at representative level.

Long, who played his football mostly at centre half forward, won City-South's 'Best and fairest' award in 1954{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96389482 |title=GEOFF LONG STAYING WITH CITY, HE SAYS: BEST FOR 1954 |newspaper=The Examiner (Tasmania) |volume=CXIII |issue=178 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=6 October 1954 |accessdate=26 January 2018 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}} and was a member of six premiership teams. At interstate level he appeared in the 1953, 1956 and 1958 carnivals, gaining All-Australian selection for his performances in 1956.{{Cite web |title=Blazers for 8 Victorians |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3DlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3699,3632261 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=news.google.com}} Amongst his 16 interstate matches for Tasmania he won a Lefroy Medal in 1955 and also represented the NTFA 29 times.

After retiring, Long served Tasmanian football as an administrator. He was a NTFA and Tasmanian selector from 1966 to 1979 and President of the NTFA from 1977 to 1979.

He was one of the inaugural 'Legends' inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://afltashalloffame.com.au/legends/59-geoff-long/|title = 59. Geoff Long | AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame}}