Gavin Exell (born 16 October 1962) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with
Geelong and
Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People As a given name
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**FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...
in the
VFL/AFL
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Exell started his career at Carlton where he played reserves football but after being unable to break into the seniors he joined Geelong. In 1989 he kicked a career high 63 goals which topped Geelong's goalkicking in the home and away season but injury prevented him from lining up in the Grand Final. His best individual haul that year was nine goals in a shootout against Hawthorn at Princes Park where Geelong, despite scoring 163 points, lost the game. He kicked another eight the following week against St Kilda.
Fitzroy acquired his services for the
1992 AFL season but he could only manage five games for his new club.
He later played for
Stanhope in the
Kyabram & District Football League
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and was the competition's leading goal-kicker in 2000, 2001 and 2003 with over 100 goals each year.
References
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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1962 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Geelong Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Sandhurst Football Club players