Australian Football

After three seasons at Williamstown, which culminated in a losing Grand Final against Footscray, Allan Geddes joined Richmond in 1925 and quickly established a reputation as one of the finest wingmen in the VFL. Indeed, some of the people who saw him in action at his peak went as far as to describe him as the greatest wingman of all time, and he was fondly and popularly known at Punt Road as 'Allan the Great'.

Like many bona fide champions, Geddes sometimes appeared to be travelling almost at half pace, but this was deceptive, and he was rarely caught in possession of the ball. Almost invariably one of the first names to be pencilled in when VFL state squads were selected, Geddes ran equal second in the 1926 Brownlow voting, and was the winner of Richmond's best and fairest award the same year. He played in six Tiger Grand Final sides, enjoying success in 1932 and 1934, before retiring at the end of the 1935 season after 182 VFL games.

Author - John Devaney