{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Ian Monks | image = | fullname = Ian Monks | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|08|06|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|01|06|1931|08|06|df=y}} | death_place = | originalteam = Essendon High School Old Boys | height = 173 cm | weight = 67 kg | position = Rover, wingman | statsend = 1957 | years1 = 1953, 1955 | club1 = {{AFL Ess}} | games_goals1 = 16 (19) | years2 = 1956–57 | club2 = {{AFL SM}} | games_goals2 = 14 (7) | games_goalstotal = 30 (26) | careerhighlights = }} '''Ian Monks''' (6 August 1931 – 6 January 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=623}}</ref> He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1952. After his time in the VFL, he played for Port Melbourne and Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Monks also had a long district cricket career for Essendon, playing 214 First XI games between 1949/50 and 1968/69, averaging 22.44 with the bat,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/leading-all-time-performers/Updates%202021-22/vca%201st%20xi%20career%20records%202021%20i-m.pdf|title=VCA 1st XI Career records 1889–90 to 2020–21, I-M|access-date=27 March 2023|publisher=Cricket Victoria}}</ref> and served as captain.
==See also== * 1965–66 Victorian district cricket final
== Notes == {{reflist}} == External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=I/Ian_Monks.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=ian%2Bmonks/8263}} *{{cricketarchive|id=603189}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150706133314/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/our-club/history/past-player-profiles/past-player-profiles---m Essendon Football Club past player profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monks, Ian}} Category:1931 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:Sydney Swans players Category:Cricketers from Victoria (state) Category:Port Melbourne Football Club players Category:Caulfield Football Club players