Jeff Gamble

Jeff Gamble
Personal information
Full name Jeff M. Gamble
Date of birth (1935-05-24)24 May 1935
Date of death 20 June 1996(1996-06-20) (aged 61)
Original team(s) Aberfeldie
Height/Weight 191 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953-1960 Essendon 90 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1960 season.

Jeff Gamble (24 May 1935 – 20 June 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Gamble, recruited from local club Aberfeldie, was a key defender for Essendon, after starting out as a follower.[1]

He had his best season in 1958 when he finished equal sixth in the Brownlow Medal count and was second in the Essendon Best and Fairest.[2]

Gamble was Essendon's centre half-back in their 1957 VFL Grand Final loss to Melbourne.[3]

During the 1959 season he suffered a knee injury and had to have cartilage removed. He managed to play ten games in 1960 but he was then forced to retire due to the injury.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeff Gamble - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ↑ AFL Tables: Jeff Gamble
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ↑ "Gamble, Jeff M.". Essendon Football Club.
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