GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ — Director's Dealing 2005

Dec 8, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ (GT)
CIK: 0000042582
Period of Report: 2005-12-06

Reporting Person: TOPPEN TIMOTHY R (President, Engineered Products)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-12-06	2005 Plan Option	$17.15	A	19000	Acquired	2015-12-06	Common Stock (19000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6006	Direct
Common Stock	2030	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Total shares directly beneficially owned, excluding indirectly held shares under the Savings Plan (as previously reported).

F2: Total number of shares of common stock allocated to the account of the reporting person in a Trust established under Goodyear's Employee Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, a 401(k) Plan (the "Savings Plan"), as of the date of this statement as reported by the Plan Trustee.

F3: The shares are held by a nominee of The Northern Trust Company, the Savings Plan Trustee.

F4: Non-Qualified Stock Option in respect of shares of common stock granted under the 2005 Performance Plan of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The option permits the optionee to purchase the option shares with previously owned shares (at their market value on the date of exercise) and to satisfy withholding tax obligations by requesting the Issuer to withhold option shares to cover such taxes or with previously owned shares (at market value at exercise). The option includes the right to receive a new option for that number of common shares used to pay the exercise price of the option, or any portion thereof.

F5: The option vests and becomes exercisable in 25% increments over four years commencing one year after the date of grant.