Antedating of "Goalie"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Mar 23 00:03:38 UTC 2014


goalie (OED 1921)

1898 _Essex County Chronicle_ 14 Jan. 2 (British Newspapers 1600-1950)  Wright, in goal, though not kept so busy as the "goalee" at the opposite end, saved some difficult shots.

Fred Shapiro

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