Len Gibb

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 career^1
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

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

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.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Len Gibb.

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