Dick Gibbs

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Dick Gibbs
Personal information
Full name Richard Horace Maconchie Gibbs
Date of birth (1892-02-04)4 February 1892
Place of birth Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 19 July 1916(1916-07-19) (aged 24)
Place of death Fleurbaix, France[1]
Original team(s) Caulfield Grammarians
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912–14
1915
University
Melbourne
Total
35 (3)
00 (0)
35 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.

Richard Horace Maconchie "Dick" Gibbs MC (4 February 1892 – 19 July 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League.[2] He was also listed with the Melbourne Football Club, but never played a game.[3]

He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and at the University of Melbourne.

He enlisted during the First World War—at the time he was a third-year medical student at Melbourne University—and was killed in his first clash with the enemy. He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross for leading his troops over a parapet, despite heavy German gunfire.[4]

See also

References

  1. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Gibbs, Richard MC", pp.71-72 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 283. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1915.". Winner. Melbourne, Vic. 21 April 1915. p. 6.
  4. "MILITARY CROSS AWARDS.". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 29 September 1916. p. 11.

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