Gilbert Wardley

Australian rules footballer

Gilbert Wardley
Personal information
Full name	Gilbert Edward Wardley
Date of birth	(1895-04-23)23 April 1895
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Victoria
Date of death	19 February 1971(1971-02-19) (aged 75)
Place of death	Lambton, New South Wales
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1922	Essendon	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gilbert Edward Wardley (23 April 1895 – 19 February 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of Edward Wardley (1859-1926), and Jane Hutton Logan Wardley (1863-1932), née Clouston,^[2] Gilbert Edward Wardley was born at Rutherglen, Victoria on 23 April 1895.

Death

He died at Lambton, New South Wales on 19 February 1971.^[3]

Footnotes

^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.923.
^ Obituary: Mrs. Jane Ellen Wardley, The Maitland Daily Mercury, (Wednesday, 27 April 1932), p.5.
^ Deaths: Wardley, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 22 February 1971), p.26.

References

Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8