Geoff Kingston is a former Australian rules football

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er who played for West Torrens

West Torrens Football Club

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 in the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

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 (SANFL). He was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame

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 in 2008.

Born in Melbourne

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 but raised in Wagga Wagga, Kingston had an injury riddled but decorated career. He was used mostly at full-forward and in 1961, his second season, kicked 79 goals to top the league's goalkicking. In the same year he represented South Australia at the Brisbane Carnival

1961 Brisbane Carnival

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 where he bagged five goals against the Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League

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 side and four against Western Australia to win selection in the All-Australian team. He went on to represent South Australia in a total of 15 interstate matches and kicked 47 goals. He won West Torren's 'Best and fairest' award in 1965.