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Australian rules footballer
Dick Gibbs
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Australian rules footballer
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Place of birth
Colac
Place of death
Fleurbaix
Age
23 years
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Biography
Richard Horace Maconchie "Dick" Gibbs MC (4 February 1892 – 19 July 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He was also listed with the Melbourne Football Club, but never played a game.
He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and at the University of Melbourne.
He enlisted during the First World War—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.
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Notable Australian Athletes
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Australian Football players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Australian Basketball players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
Notable Australian Australian-rules footballers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1850 to 1899
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