Leonard Wallace Gibb (8 October 1888 – 10 September 1967) was an

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er who played with Collingwood and

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in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Career

Gibb started out as a player when that club was still a member of the Amateur competition. He played nine games with Collingwood before transferring to Richmond where he had the solitary game. After World War I, Gibb was appointed captain of Hawthorn (by this time in the VFA), and proceeded to be the club leading goalkicker for the 1919 season.

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External links

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Len Gibb's playing statistics
from VFA Project
Len Gibb's profile
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