Len Gibb

Len Gibb
Len Gibb
	Gibb in 1912
Personal information
Full name	Len Gibb
Date of birth	8 October 1888
Date of death	10 September 1967 (aged 78)
Original team(s)	Hawthorn (VMFL)
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

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 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.