Rupert Gibb

Rupert Gibb
Personal information
Full name Rupert Gibb
Date of birth (1900-08-25)25 August 1900
Date of death 4 July 1978(1978-07-04) (aged 77)
Original team(s) Vermont
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922 Richmond 4 (0)
1925 Footscray 12 (8)
Total 16 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Rupert Gibb (25 August 1900 – 4 July 1978) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Gibb was a well-performed professional sprinter, having won the Warrnambool Gift and the 1925 Warracknabeal Gift. Gibb was a finalist in the 1926 Stawell Gift, finishing 5th off 8 1/4yds.[2]

In 1937, Gibb was appointed as coach of Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League.[3]

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.
  2. ^ Watt, p. 104.
  3. ^ "1937 - Corowa FC - Appoint Coach". The Corowa Free Press. 26 March 1937. p. 6 – via Trove Newspapers.

Sources

  • Watt, Gary (2008). The Stawell Gift Almanac: History of the Stawell Gift (1st ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Legacy Books. ISBN 978-0-9802897-4-9.


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