Alex Gardiner

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Alex Gardiner
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)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1962 season.

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.

References

Alex Gardiner's statistics from AFL Tables
Full Points Footy: Alex Gardiner
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Persondata
Name	Gardiner, Alex
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer and coach
Date of birth	3 January 1935
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