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Rupert Gibb

Rupert Gibb

Australian rules footballer

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]

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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. [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. [2]
    Watt, p. 104.
  3. [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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