Maurie Gibb

Maurie Gibb
Personal information
Full name	Maurice Peter Gibb
Date of birth	7 February 1914
Place of birth	Carlton, Victoria
Date of death	6 August 2000(2000-08-06) (aged 86)
Original team(s)	Rosedale
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934–1943	Melbourne	133 (167)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1943.
Career highlights
2× VFL premierships: 1940, 1941 Melbourne leading goalkicker: 1935 Melbourne Hall of Fame
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Maurice Peter Gibb (7 February 1914 – 6 August 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and early 1940s.^[1]

Gibb originally tried out for Carlton but after being rejected was picked up by Melbourne after winning the 1933 Gippsland Football League's best and fairest award, the Trood Medal.^[2][3]

He was a forward and had his most prolific season in 1935 when he topped Melbourne's goalkicking with 59 goals in a tally which included two bags of nine. In 1940 and 1941 Gibb played in back to back premiership teams.

Footnotes

References

• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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