Gil Ebbott

Gil Ebbott
Personal information
Full name Gilbert Henry Ebbott
Born (1890-08-26)26 August 1890
Chewton, Victoria
Died 9 February 1960(1960-02-09) (aged 69)
Newcastle, New South Wales
Original teams Castlemaine,[1] Wangaratta[2]
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1912 St Kilda 2 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gilbert Henry Ebbott (26 August 1890 – 9 February 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Ebbott was recruited from Wangaratta in the Ovens & Murray Football League and made his debut against Essendon in round 17 on Saturday, 23rd August 1912.[4] In the two games played at St. Kilda, he kicked two goals.

Ebbott was captain-coach of Koroit in the Western District Football Association in 1914[5] and lost a close grand final to Warrnambool.[6][7]

Family

Gil Ebbott married Annie Fleming on October 7, 1922.[8] They had three children.

Notes

  1. ^ "1912 - CASTLEMAINE PLAYER AT WANGARATTA". The North Eastern Despatch (Wangaratta, Vic. : 1907 - 1913). 28 June 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. ^ "1912 - Football". The North Eastern Despatch (Wangaratta, Vic. : 1907 - 1913). 22 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  4. ^ "1912 - Football". The North Eastern Despatch (Wangaratta, Vic). 28 August 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  5. ^ "1914 - Football Notes". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 28 August 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. ^ "1914 - THE GRAND FINAL". The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1900 ; 1914 - 1918). 5 October 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  7. ^ "1914 - Football: The Premiership". The Warrnambool Standard (Vic. : 1872 - 1900 ; 1914 - 1918). 10 October 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ^ "E-Marriages Registered in New South Wales".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.