Dick Gibbs

This article is about the Australian rules footballer. For the basketball player, see Dick Gibbs (basketball).

Dick Gibbs
Personal information
Full name	Richard H. M. "Dick" Gibbs
Date of birth	4 February 1892(1892-02-04)
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	19 July 1915(1915-07-19) (aged 23)
Place of death	Fleurbaix, France[1]
Original team	Caulfield Grammarians
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912-14	University	35 (3)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1914 season .

Richard Horace Maconchie "Dick" Gibbs was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne University in the Victorian Football League.

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

He enlisted during World War I -- 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.

Footnotes

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. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Richard Horace Maconchie Gibbs MCAFL Statistics: Dick Gibbs

Sources

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Dick Gibbs's statistics from AFL Tables
• 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.
• Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Richard Horace Maconchie Gibbs MC
• Military Cross Awards, The Argus, (Friday 29 September 1916), p.14, col.C

Persondata
Name	Gibbs, Dick
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	4 February 1892
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	19 July 1915
Place of death	Fleurbaix, France