Bryce Gibbs (footballer)
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| Personal Info | |
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| Birth | March 15, 1989 (age 18), |
| Recruited from | Glenelg, SANFL |
| Height/Weight | 187cm / 79kg |
| Playing Career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 1, 1 April 2007, Carlton vs. Richmond, at MCG |
| Team(s) | Carlton (2007-)
1 game, 1 goal |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
| Career Highlights | |
For the rugby league footballer with the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League, see Bryce Gibbs.
Bryce Gibbs (born March 15, 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2007. He is the son of former SANFL and WAFL player Ross Gibbs.
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[edit] Pre-AFL
Gibbs has been an exceptional youth talent, leading to much speculation about his ultimate AFL drafting [1]. In 2004 he won Glenelg's Under 17s best and fairest award, despite spending part of the season playing SANFL reserves grade. That year he also captained the South Australian under 16's team at the national championships.
In Round 7 of the 2005 season, at age 16, he debuted in Glenelg's League team and has been a regular ever since. Playing against grown men in the SANFL, Gibbs has excelled, coming third in the Club's 2006 best and fairest, and dominating recent ex-AFL players such as Damian Cupido [2] during the season.
He featured prominently in the 2006 under-18 national championships and won All-Australian selection. He has also co-captained the Australian youth side against an Irish youth side in an international tournament in Australia in 2006.
Gibbs attended Brighton Secondary School, where he sat his SACE in 2006.
[edit] AFL career
Despite his father's long career with Glenelg, Gibbs was ineligible to be taken by the Adelaide Crows under the father-son rule, much to Adelaide's chagrin. Gibbs was subsequently selected with the first overall pick in the 2006 AFL Draft (held on 25 November 2006) by the Carlton Football Club, a selection which was widely expected.
Gibbs wears the number 4 guernsey, formerly worn by club champion and administrator, Stephen Kernahan, a close friend and former Glenelg teammate of Gibbs' father. Gibbs was named in Carlton's leadership group for the 2007 AFL season without having played a single AFL match, which is the first time in history this has happened. While Gibbs did not dominate from the outset during the NAB Cup, he showed glimpses of the very special talent he has, vindicating many fans belief he and teammate Marc Murphy will be valuable assets to the club in the future.
[edit] "Bryce Gibbs Cup"
Spectulation that Gibbs would be the #1 draft pick began early in the 2006 season. When Essendon and Carlton met in Round 16, the sides were firmly entrenched at the bottom of the ladder, with Carlton having lost its last seven games and Essendon a club-record fourteen. Speculation that the result would decide the wooden spoon (and hence the first draft pick) led to the game jokingly being dubbed the "Bryce Gibbs Cup" by some in the media [3]. The game finished in a draw, a rarity in Australian rules football.
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