Matt Goggin

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{for|the golfer|Mathew Goggin}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Matt Goggin

| image =

| fullname = Matt Goggin

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|07|21|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|02|02|1936|07|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Melton, Victoria

| originalteam = Lethbridge

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 76 kg

| position = Wing

| statsend = 1961

| years1 = 1955–61

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = 88 (5)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Matt Goggin (21 July 1936 – 2 February 1972) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=324}}

The older brother of Geelong captain Bill Goggin, Matt was electrocuted and killed in a workplace accident in February 1972 whilst working as a linesman for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2eFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0JADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7092%2C496823|title=Cats all liked Matt Goggin|work=The Age|date=3 February 1972}}