Frederick William Gilby (6 November 1907 – 6 November 1991) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for Carlton in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Gilby, a half back flanker, played at

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in 1925 when they were in their first VFA season. He joined Carlton the following year and was a regular in the team for over a decade. Gilby played 12 finals during his career and appeared in the 1932 VFL Grand Final, which Carlton lost to Richmond.

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Fred Gilby's playing statistics
from The VFA Project * 1907 births Carlton Football Club players Coburg Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1991 deaths 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1907-stub