Mick Sibun

Mick Sibun
Personal information
Full name	Gray Rothwell Sibun
Nickname(s)	Mick
Date of birth	2 April 1929(1929-04-02)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	1 May 2011(2011-05-01) (aged 82)
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria
Original team	South Melbourne Under-19s
Height/Weight	173 cm / 70 kg
Position(s)	Rover, half-forward flanker
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1950–56	South Melbourne	111 (88)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
unknown	VFL	unknown
1 Playing statistics to end of 1956 season .
Career highlights
VFL representative team South Melbourne vice-captain

Gray Rothwell "Mick" Sibun (born 12 April, 1929, in Melbourne, Victoria; died 1 May, 2011, in Geelong, Victoria) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1950 and 1956, mainly as a rover and half-forward flanker.^[1] He also played interstate football for the VFL.^[1]

Career

VFL

Sibun grew up in Albert Park, Victoria. Along with Bob Giles, Sibun played for South Melbourne Under-19s. He made his debut for South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1950 season, kicking two goals on debut in a match the Swans won by 20 points.^[2] Sibun played mainly as a half-forward flanker, kicking 88 goals in his 111-game VFL career, with a best of four goals, which he recorded twice - once in 1953 against Collingwood, and once in 1954, against Carlton^[3]

WFL

After the 1956 season, Sibun left the VFL to become playing-coach at Rupanyup in the Wimmera Football League (WFL). He captained-coached the club to its first premiership in 1961, and to another in 1963.^[4]In total he played 133 games for Rupanyup. He is considered by some to be the best footballer to ever play in the WFL.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gray 'Mick' Sibun - FullPointsFooty. Retrieved Retrieved 23 June, 2011..
2. ^ South Melbourne v Collingwood, 22 April, 1950, at Lake Oval - AFLTables. Retrieved 23 June, 2011.
3. ^ Mick Sibun - Statistics - AFLTables. Retrieved 23 June, 2011.
4. ^ Vale Mick Sibun - afl.com.au . Written by Paul Daffey. Published 23 June, 2011. Retrieved 23 June, 2011.
5. ^ A fond farewell to our 'very best' - The Weekly Advertiser. Written by Peter Miller. Published May 11, 2011. Retrieved 23 June, 2011.

See also

• List of South Melbourne Football Club players

Persondata
Name	Sibun, Gray Rothwell
Alternative names	Sibun, Mick
Short description
Date of birth	12 April 1929
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	1 May 2011
Place of death	Geelong, Victoria, Australia