Ian Monks

Ian Monks
Personal information
Full name Ian Monks
Date of birth (1931-08-06)6 August 1931
Date of death 6 January 2009(2009-01-06) (aged 77)
Original team(s) Essendon High School Old Boys
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Position(s) Rover, wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953, 1955 Essendon 16 (19)
1956–57 South Melbourne 14 (7)
Total 30 (26)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1957.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ian Monks (6 August 1931 – 6 January 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1] He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1952. After his time in the VFL, he played for Port Melbourne and Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

Monks also had a long district cricket career for Essendon, playing 214 First XI games between 1949/50 and 1968/69, averaging 22.44 with the bat,[2] and served as captain.

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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. 623. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "VCA 1st XI Career records 1889–90 to 2020–21, I-M" (PDF). Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 27 March 2023.