Dick Gibbs | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Richard Horace Maconochie Gibbs | ||
Date of birth | 4 February 1893 | ||
Place of birth | Warracknabeal, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 19 July 1916 | (aged 23)||
Place of death | Fleurbaix, France[1] | ||
Original team(s) | Caulfield Grammarians | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1912–14 | University | 35 (3) | |
1915 | Melbourne | 0 (0) | |
Total | 35 (3) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Richard Horace Maconochie Gibbs MC (4 February 1893 – 19 July 1916), a medical student and an Australian rules footballer, played with the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League.[2][3]
When the University team withdrew from the VFL competition in 1915, he was transferred to the Melbourne Football Club, but never played a game due to his enlistment in the First AIF. He was killed in action, in France, on 19 July 1916.