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Biography
Kellie Gibson (born 9 June 1996) is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She played for the Adelaide Football Club in the inaugural AFL Women's season. She was one of the Crows' two marquee players. A multi-sport athlete, Gibson began her athletic career as a sprinter, and won a gold medal in rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
AFL Women's career
Gibson was selected to play in the first AFL-sanctioned women's exhibition match in 2013, when she was barely 17. Over the following years, she played women's AFL exhibition games for both the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne Football Club.
Gibson was one of two marquee player signings announced by Adelaide in July 2016, in anticipation of the 2017 AFL Women's season. After playing in all seven regular season games and the 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final with the premiership-winning team, Gibson expressed a desire to return to Western Australia. Unable to negotiate a trade with Fremantle, Adelaide delisted her on in May 2017. At the start of the free agency period, Fremantle signed Gibson for the 2018 AFL Women's season.
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season
| Legend | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Adelaide | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 54 | 9 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Career | 8 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | 54 | 9 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
Personal life
Prior to being selected by Adelaide as a marquee player, Gibson moved from Perth to Adelaide in June 2016 to work for the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as female engagement coordinator.