Geoff Miles

Who is Geoff Miles?

Geoff Miles is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, West Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League, formerly VFL.

Recruited from Ivanhoe Amateurs, Miles spent three seasons at Collingwood before being delisted.

Miles was primarily a hard running wingman or half back but could also play up forward. He went to Western Australia in 1985 where he began playing for Claremont and was a member of their 1991 premiership team.

When not making one of his 73 senior appearances with Claremont, Miles played for West Coast, debuting in their inaugural VFL game at the start of the 1987 season.

A four-time Western Australian interstate representative, he was traded to Geelong in the 1991 AFL Draft, thus missing out on West Coast's premiership years. He did however take part in the 1992 AFL Grand Final with Geelong, but lost to his former club West Coast. During the year he had spent some time in the forward line and mid season kicked seven goals in a game against Melbourne and followed it up with five goals in each of the next two rounds.

The following year 1993, Miles won a premiership with local BFL side Barwon Heads, he became president of the club and was so until 2006. During this period, Miles became the foundation coach of controversial ninth Westar Rules club Peel Thunder in 1997. The Thunder suffered a string of dreadful thrashings in 1997 and won only one game by three points, but Miles set a target of six wins for 1998. After the Thunder remained winless nine games into the season, however, Miles abruptly resigned, saying that he had given up trying to improve the club.