Len Gibb

Len Gibb
Len Gibb
	Gibb in 1912
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Wallace Gibb
Date of birth	8 October 1888
Place of birth	Hawthorn, Victoria
Date of death	10 September 1967 (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
1912	Collingwood
1914	Richmond
1914–21	Hawthorn (VFA)
1923	Williamstown (VFA)
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Leonard Wallace Gibb (8 October 1888 – 10 September 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Career[]

Gibb started out as a Hawthorn 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. After World 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.

Notes[]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links[]

Len Gibb's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Len Gibb's playing statistics from VFA Project
Len Gibb's profile at Collingwood Forever

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

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