Place of death Fleurbaix, France Height 1.96 m Role Basketball Player | Name Dick Gibbs Weight 95 kg | |
Full name Richard Horace Maconchie Gibbs Date of birth (1892-02-04)4 February 1892 Place of birth Colac, Victoria, Australia Date of death 19 July 1915(1915-07-19) (aged 23) NBA draft 1971, Chicago Bulls (Round: 3 / Pick: 49) Education University of Texas at El Paso, Burlington College, Ames High School Position Small forward, Shooting guard | ||
Original team(s) Caulfield Grammarians | ||
Legend dick gibbs
Richard Horace Maconchie "Dick" Gibbs (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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