Vale John (Ragsy) Goold 😢

[Aphrodite]

Farewell football's 'Mr Elegant': A tribute to John 'Ragsy' Goold

Carlton is mourning the loss of dual premiership player, John Goold.

www.carltonfc.com.au

The Carlton senior players will wear black armbands into Sunday night’s match with Essendon at the MCG as a mark of respect to the late John Goold.

 

[KennyHuntersBlues]

Loved seeing his dashes in the old grand finals
Ball in one hand a la Kouta
Would have been suited to today’s football

 

[Coona Blues]

Ragsy = Class. On and off the field.

Retired at the peak of his powers after his second flag.

R.I.P. the original no. 11 of my time.

 

[Aphrodite]

Tribute in OP

 

[Aphrodite]

 

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[Kruezing]

Ah Ragsy one of my old man’s favourites condolences to the family

 

[PatsFitztrick]

I was privileged to watch him throughout his career.
A dasher in Carlton's golden era.
Farewell Ragsy - forever respected.

 

[SpiritOfCarlton]

Very sad. Ragsy just loved the club so much, he would call ShaneO to talk about the Blues multiple times a week until very recently. He only stopped when he was physically no longer capable. ShaneO, Collo and some of the other boys did make the trek out to visit Ragsy just last year and spent the day with him, a day enjoyed by all.

RIP to a true gentleman.

Here is Ragsy speaking at a couple of our functions over the years.

 

[SpiritOfCarlton]

 

[BLUEALLTHRU]

Dad raved about Gooldy. These sad occasions bring me so many memories.

R.I.P

 

[ianh]

Was one of my heroes as a little tacker and I had his number 11 on my jumper, even if Big Nick and Jezza were my 2 idols. When he retired and they handed the number to Bruce Doull I wrote to the club complaining about giving the great man's number to an untried kid. He was in the fashion trade and later very big in polo and horse breeding. Many years later I had the honour of doing some work for him and he was a very modest and self-effacing man who only mentioned his football record because it was relevant to the legal issue at hand. RIP Ragsy.

 

[chipzac]

A true star of the game! He reminded me of watching Brent Crosswell (and of course Jezza) play who was another one capable of doing unbelievable things on the field.

As a teen, I have never forgotten one image of him 'marking' the ball with one hand. I know many players have marked the ball one-handed before but this was very different. The ball had just been kicked long and very high toward him and then the siren sounded to end play in one of the quarters. As the ball was dropping straight down from high above, he casually put his one unbent arm up, and as though it were magnetised, the ball fell straight into his hand and it stayed there with not even the slightest amount of juggling. He caught the ball as cleanly as one would see in any of the one-touch classic catches in cricket. It's been well over 50 years since that game, but I vividly remember the roar of the crowd as everyone, including me, had just witnessed him seemingly do the impossible. What a player he was!

 

[Ald Gardiner]

Loved the legend of Ragsy Gould, so sad to hear of his passing.

RIP John.

 

[Hojuman]

Just heard this news and cannot believe not more oppo.supporters here posting. Maybe BF is a young mans game.

Ragsy was a star, no doubt. Great to watch and a vital cog in those Carlton flag sides, esp.1970.

Condolences Blues.