{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1907}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2011}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Fred Gilby | image = | fullname = Frederick William Gilby | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|6|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|11|6|1907|11|6|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = Coburg | height = 175 cm | weight = 80 kg | position = Defender | statsend = 1937 | years1 = 1925 | club1 = Coburg (VFA) | games_goals1 = {{0|00}}2 (0) | years2 = 1926–37 | club2 = Carlton | games_goals2 = 179 (4) | careerhighlights = }}
'''Frederick William Gilby''' (6 November 1907 – 6 November 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2013-04-19/76-years-on-simmo-claims-gilbys-guernsey-record|title=76 years on, "Simmo" claims Gilby's guernsey record|first=Tony |last=De Bolfo|date=19 April 2013}}</ref>
Gilby, a half back flanker, played at Coburg in 1925 when they were in their first VFA season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Fred%2BGilby/4471|title=Australian Football - Fred Gilby - Player Bio|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|301}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{AFL Tables | F/Fred_Gilby }} *[https://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Gilbey,_Fred.php Fred Gilby's playing statistics] from The VFA Project *{{cite web|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Fred%20Gilby%20(Coburg%20&%20Carlton)|publisher=Full Points Footy|title=Player Profile: Fred Gilby|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204133902/http://fullpointsfooty.net/g.htm#Fred%20Gilby%20(Coburg%20&%20Carlton) |archive-date=4 February 2012}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilby, Fred}} Category:1907 births Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Coburg Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:1991 deaths Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
{{AFL-bio-1907-stub}}