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Percy Henry Gibb (6 December 1881 – 2 November 1940) was an
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
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in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Gibb played most of his football as a wingman and started his career at Richmond, who at that stage were participating in the VFA. He transferred to Collingwood in 1905 and was member of their 1910 premiership team as well as being a losing Grand Finalist in 1905 and 1911. A Victorian interstate football representative, Gibb retired in 1914 but remained at Collingwood as a committeeman. He was the brother of Len Gibb and
Reg Gibb Reginald Norman Gibb (10 November 1892 – 15 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Gibb was the third of three brothers to play for Collingwood. He mad ...
. His nephew Ray Gibb also played in the VFL.


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* * 1881 births 1940 deaths Collingwood Football Club players Collingwood Football Club premiership players Richmond Football Club (VFA) players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1881-stub