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Maurie Gibb

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Maurie Gibb
Personal information
Full name Maurice Peter Gibb
Date of birth 7 February 1914
Place of birth Carlton, Victoria
Date of death 6 August 2000(2000-08-06) (aged 86)
Original team(s) Rosedale
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1934–1943 Melbourne 133 (167)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Maurice Peter Gibb (7 February 1914 – 6 August 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and early 1940s.[1]

Gibb originally tried out for Carlton but after being rejected was picked up by Melbourne after winning the 1933 Gippsland Football League's best and fairest award, the Trood Medal.[2][3]

He was a forward and had his most prolific season in 1935 when he topped Melbourne's goalkicking with 59 goals in a tally which included two bags of nine. In 1940 and 1941 Gibb played in back to back premiership teams.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
  2. ^ "1933 - Gippsland's Best". Trove Newspapers. Weekly Times. 2 September 1933. p. 69. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. ^ "1933 - Presentation to M Gibb". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times. 14 September 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

References

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  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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