Geoff Miles

Geoff Miles (born 10 January 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood, West Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL), formerly VFL. Miles was primarily a hard running wingman or half back but could also play up forward, especially later in his career.

Recruited from Ivanhoe Amateurs in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Miles spent three seasons at Collingwood, in which he played 31 of a possible 68 senior matches, before being delisted.

He moved to Western Australia in 1985 after being recruited by Claremont, for whom he played a total of 73 senior matches over the next seven seasons. He was part of the inaugural West Coast list and debuted in their inaugural VFL game at the start of the 1987 season. Miles was a regular with the Eagles for three seasons, during which he played mostly in defence but also showed his ability in attack – as when he kicked five goals from eight kicks in a 76-point win over Carlton during 1989. 1990, however, saw Miles struggling to get a game as a champion defence led by Guy McKenna and John Worsfold emerged. Consequently, Miles returned permanently to Claremont and played in their 1990 grand final loss to Swan Districts. The following season Miles did not play in the AFL but was a member of the Tigers’ 1991 premiership team, by which time he had been moved permanently into attack and formed a deadly combination with future Brisbane, Sydney and Fremantle full-forward John Hutton. He would have played for the WAFL against the SANFL but for an appointment in Victoria.