Les Gibaud
Fitzroy
AFL career
10 games5 goals
- Debut
- R5 1918 v ESS8 June 1918
- Most recent
- R14 1918 v CAR10 Aug 1918
Stats
Bio
A local product from Fitzroy North, Les Gibaud was thrust into senior football at the remarkably young age of 16 during the final year of World War I. Standing just 170cm, he was a diminutive rover and forward pocket who broke into a Fitzroy side that was contending for the finals, making his debut while many senior players were still away on active service. Gibaud held his own against hardened opponents, managing to boot five goals in his 10 appearances and featuring regularly throughout the 1918 season. Despite his promising start as a teenager, his VFL career was confined to that single wartime campaign, with his spot on the list likely squeezed out as veterans returned from the front the following year.
Profile
- Born
- 28 June 1901
- Died
- 22 Aug 1983 (aged 82y 55d)
- Birthplace
- Fitzroy North, VIC
- Deathplace
- Reservoir, VIC
Teams
Family
- Brother:Bill Gibaud
Bio
1 revisionA local product from Fitzroy North, Les Gibaud was thrust into senior football at the remarkably young age of 16 during the final year of World War I. Standing just 170cm, he was a diminutive rover and forward pocket who broke into a Fitzroy side that was contending for the finals, making his debut while many senior players were still away on active service. Gibaud held his own against hardened opponents, managing to boot five goals in his 10 appearances and featuring regularly throughout the 1918 season. Despite his promising start as a teenager, his VFL career was confined to that single wartime campaign, with his spot on the list likely squeezed out as veterans returned from the front the following year.