Hugh Gavin

Hugh Gavin
Personal information
Full name	Lodovic Hugh Gavin
Date of birth	25 October 1878
Place of birth	Stawell, Victoria
Date of death
Place of death	Melbourne
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1902, 1904	Essendon	112 (21)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1911 1915	Western Australia Mines Rovers	4 (1–3–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904 season.
Career highlights
Essendon Football Club captain 1904

Lodovic Hugh Gavin (25 October 1878 – 13 November 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played 108 games with Essendon 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.

References

• Hugh Gavin's statistics from AFL Tables
• Hugh Gavin's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Everett, Les. book Gravel Rash – 100 Years of Goldfields Football.
• Maplestone, Michael. Flying High.
• Maplestone, Michael. Those Magnificent Men.