Hugh Gavin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rules footballer
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Place of Birth: Stawell, Victoria, Australia
About Hugh Gavin
- Lodovic Hugh Gavin (25 October 1878 – 13 November 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played 108 games for the Essendon Football Club in the years following the formation of the Victorian Football League (VFL). Gavin, a key defender, was a member of Essendon's inaugural premiership side in 1897 and was listed as Essendon's best player in the 1901 grand final.
- In 1902 he supposedly won a best and fairest award for his performances for Essendon.
- He was a regular Victorian representative in interstate football and in 1903 he spent a season in the West Australian goldfields with Boulder City, and being described as the top player of the goldfields in that year.
- He returned home to Essendon in 1904 and during the season took over as captain of the club. In 1905 he played with Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association.
- He then returned to Western Australia and played with the Boulder Stars in 1906 where he was subsequently suspended for "professionalism" after he sued a club official for agreed wages.
- Despite his honesty he was sidelined for two years; however, his career still flourished.
- He captained the 1910 Goldfields side that beat Port Adelaide and then was captain-coach of the 1911 Western Australian carnival side which played at Adelaide.
- In 1915 he captained Mines Rovers, of the Western Australian Goldfields, to a premiership. Hugh Gavin died on 13 November 1940 in Melbourne.
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