Maurie Gibb
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Maurice Peter Gibb | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Carlton, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 6 August 2000 | (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 | |||
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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
[edit]- ^ Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
- ^ "1933 - Gippsland's Best". Trove Newspapers. Weekly Times. 2 September 1933. p. 69. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "1933 - Presentation to M Gibb". Trove Newspapers. Gippsland Times. 14 September 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
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