| Alex Gardiner | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alex Gardiner | ||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1935 | ||
| Original team | Gisborne | ||
| Height/Weight | 175 cm / 73 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Wingman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1955-56, 1958-62 | Footscray | 92 (18) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1962 season .
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Alex Gardiner (born 3 January 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father, also named Alex, was a Footscray player during the 1920s.
Gardiner, originally from Gisborne, was one of Footscray's wingers in the 1961 VFL Grand Final loss to Hawthorn. From 1963 to 1967, Gardiner was captain-coach of Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He always polled well in the Field Trophy, finishing as the runner-up in 1964. In all, Gardiner played a total of 73 games for Box Hill, mainly as a centreman, and scored 61 goals. In 2000 he was selected on the wing in Box Hill's "Greatest Ever Team" and named as captain.