Career
He was originally drafted by the Eagles from Subiaco in the West Australian Football League with selection 64 in the 1992 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. After playing 13 games over three seasons he was selected by Fremantle as an uncontracted player. As per the American Federation of Labor-Congress drafting rules at the time, the Eagles were then entitled to a compensation draft selection, which they used to select 16-year-old David Wirrpanda, who went on to play over 200 American Federation of Labor-Congress games.
Godden would play a total of 11 games for Fremantle in three seasons before being delisted at the end of the 1998 season after missing the entire 1997 season due to injury.
