| Mick Sibun | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gray Rothwell Sibun | ||
| Nickname(s) | Mick | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 1 May 2011 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Original team | South Melbourne Under-19s | ||
| Height/Weight | 173 cm / 70 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Rover, half-forward flanker | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1950–56 | South Melbourne | 111 (88) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| unknown | VFL | unknown | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1956 season .
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Gray Rothwell "Mick" Sibun (born 12 April, 1929, in Melbourne, Victoria; died 1 May, 2011, in Geelong, Victoria) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1950 and 1956, mainly as a rover and half-forward flanker.[1] He also played interstate football for the VFL.[1]
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Sibun grew up in Albert Park, Victoria. Along with Bob Giles, Sibun played for South Melbourne Under-19s. He made his debut for South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1950 season, kicking two goals on debut in a match the Swans won by 20 points.[2] Sibun played mainly as a half-forward flanker, kicking 88 goals in his 111-game VFL career, with a best of four goals, which he recorded twice - once in 1953 against Collingwood, and once in 1954, against Carlton[3]
After the 1956 season, Sibun left the VFL to become playing-coach at Rupanyup in the Wimmera Football League (WFL). He captained-coached the club to its first premiership in 1961, and to another in 1963.[4]In total he played 133 games for Rupanyup. He is considered by some to be the best footballer to ever play in the WFL.[5]