Even Further Antedating of "Goalie"

[Shapiro, Fred]

goalie (OED 1921)

1894 _Dundee Courier_ 20 Mar. 4 (British Newspaper Archive)  The real result was a draw -- 1 goal each -- but Newburgh did the most of the pressing, and gave the Newport goal-keeper a lot of work.  Newburgh goalie had little to do.

Fred Shapiro

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