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]

Len Gibb
Gibb in 1912
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 09 0(1)
1914 Richmond 01 0(0)
1914–21 Hawthorn (VFA) 36 (25)
1923 Williamstown (VFA) 08 0(3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Career

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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

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  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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