Still Further Antedating of "Goalie"

[Shapiro, Fred]

goalie (OED 1921)

1896 _Dundee Courier_ 24 Sept. 7 (British Newspaper Archive)  "By George, what a clinker." "He's the best goalie in the kingdom," and a few other complimentary remarks could be heard as the spectators crowded out of the entrances at Tynecastle.

Fred Shapiro

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