Stewart Gull
South Melbourne and Melbourne
AFL career
89 games152 goals
- Debut
- R18 1972 v HAW5 Aug 1972
- Most recent
- R11 1979 v COL16 June 1979
Stats
1979 | MEL | 2 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
1978 | SME | 10 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.7 |
1977 | SME | 12 | 5.3 | 1.2 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
1976 | SME | 15 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 |
1975 | SME | 10 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
1974 | SME | 21 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1973 | SME | 14 | 7.4 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
1972 | SME | 5 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
Bio
The son of former Swan Jim Gull, Stewart Gull was a physically imposing Centre Half Forward who carved out a reputation as one of the toughest competitors of the 1970s. Recruited from North Ballarat after a brief preseason with St Kilda, he was ineligible for the father-son rule but found his way to the Lake Oval anyway, where he combined strong overhead marking with the combativeness of a professional boxer. Gull is perhaps best remembered for a famous on-field clash where he knocked down Essendon hard-man Ronnie Andrews, establishing himself as a fierce protector of his smaller teammates. Despite battling chronic leg injuries throughout his tenure at South, he was a dangerous scorer on his day, notably booting eight goals in a high-scoring loss to Geelong in 1978. He crossed to Melbourne in 1979 seeking a fresh start, but his misfortune with injury persisted; he managed just two senior games before a collision with a goal post broke his collarbone, effectively ending his VFL career.
Profile
- Born
- 24 June 1951 (age 75y 119d)
- Height
- 191 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
Teams
Family
- Father:Jim Gull
Bio
1 revisionThe son of former Swan Jim Gull, Stewart Gull was a physically imposing Centre Half Forward who carved out a reputation as one of the toughest competitors of the 1970s. Recruited from North Ballarat after a brief preseason with St Kilda, he was ineligible for the father-son rule but found his way to the Lake Oval anyway, where he combined strong overhead marking with the combativeness of a professional boxer. Gull is perhaps best remembered for a famous on-field clash where he knocked down Essendon hard-man Ronnie Andrews, establishing himself as a fierce protector of his smaller teammates. Despite battling chronic leg injuries throughout his tenure at South, he was a dangerous scorer on his day, notably booting eight goals in a high-scoring loss to Geelong in 1978. He crossed to Melbourne in 1979 seeking a fresh start, but his misfortune with injury persisted; he managed just two senior games before a collision with a goal post broke his collarbone, effectively ending his VFL career.