# Ian Monks

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{{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 football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club) and [South Melbourne](/source/Sydney_Swans) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_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](/source/Port_Melbourne_Football_Club) and [Caulfield](/source/Caulfield_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football Association](/source/Victorian_Football_Association) (VFA).

Monks also had a long district cricket career for [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Cricket_Club), 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](/source/1965%E2%80%9366_Victorian_district_cricket_final)

== Notes ==
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== 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]

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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

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