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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leonard Wallace Gibb | ||
Date of birth | (1888-10-08)8 October 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Hawthorn, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 10 September 1967(1967-09-10) (aged 78) | ||
Place of death | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Hawthorn (VMFL) | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1912 | Collingwood | 9 (1) | |
1914 | Richmond | 1 (0) | |
1914–21 | Hawthorn (VFA) | 36 (25) | |
1923 | Williamstown (VFA) | 8 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923. | |||
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com |
Leonard Wallace Gibb (8 October 1888 – 10 September 1967) was anAustralian rules footballer who played withCollingwood andRichmond in theVictorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Gibb started out as aHawthorn player when that club was still a member of the Amateur competition. He played nine games with Collingwood before transferring to Richmond where he had the solitary game. AfterWorld War I, Gibb was appointed captain of Hawthorn (by this time in the VFA), and proceeded to be the club leading goalkicker for the 1919 season.
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