Geoff Bryant

Who is Geoff Bryant?

Geoff Bryant is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1969 and 1971 for the North Melbourne Football Club.

Bryant commenced his junior football with VFA club Box Hill, playing in the club's 4ths team in 1960, thereafter progressing quickly through the club's junior ranks and making his VFA senior debut in 1964 at the age of 17.

Bryant quickly established himself as one of the premier players in the VFA second division, initially as a half-forward but later as a centreman with outstanding foot skills and stamina. In 1968 he won Box Hill's best and fairest and finished runner-up in the J Field Medal, awarded to the best player in the VFA second division.

At the end of the 1968 season Bryant was one of the few non-VFL players selected in the second touring party for Australian Football World Tour organised by Harry Beitzel, more commonly known as "The Galahs". At the end of the tour he was signed by the North Melbourne Football Club, which paid to Box Hill the unprecedented transfer fee of $2,000 for a player transferring from the VFA to the VFL.

Bryant played between 1969 and 1971 for North Melbourne mainly as a wingman for a total of 45 games and 16 goals. He transferred back to Box Hill prior to the commencement of the 1972 season, supposedly due to a disagreement with North Melbourne's coach Brian Dixon.