Frank Gumbleton (born 6 March 1951) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with the
North Melbourne Football Club in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
during the 1970s. Gumbleton was recruited from the country NSW football club of Ganmain. He was a premiership player for Ganmain in 1969.
[Wilks, M. (2011) ''Australian football clubs in NSW'' Bas Publishing. p. 54]
Gumbleton usually played in the
back pocket. A brilliant defender not known for his flair, yet was instrumental in solidifying the tight defensive North Melbourne team of the 1970s.
Gumbleton played for the
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club, which first played in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1893 and is based in Wangaratta, Victori ...
in the
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray ar ...
in 1984.
In later years Gumbleton was a runner for the North Melbourne team.
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1951 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
North Melbourne Football Club players
Brunswick Football Club players
North Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
Two-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
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