Ray Gablich

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Template:Infobox AFL biography Raymond Thomas Gabelich (3 ga Yulin 1933 - 18 ga Yulin 2000) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya yi wasa tare da Collingwood a cikin Victoria Football League (VFL).

Iyali[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

An haifi ɗan John (1902-1988) da Elizabeth Nina "Bessie" Gabelich, née Rerecich (1910-2006), Raymond Thomas Gabelich a Perth a ranar 3 ga Yuli 1933.[1][2]

Ya auri Glenda Beverley Huxtable a ranar 5 ga Satumba 1960; suna da 'ya'ya uku: Lisa, Raymond da Matthew .[3]

Kwallon ƙafa mai son[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Gabashin Perth ya hana shi buga wa West Perth wasa a wuraren zama, Gabelich bai iya buga wasan kwallon kafa na farko a Perth ba.[4][5][6]

Dutsen Hawthorn (MJFA)[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Da takaici, ya ci gaba da taka leda a matakin farko, a karkashin shekaru 20, kwallon kafa na Mt Hawthorn Amateur Football Club a gasar Metropolitan Junior Football Association ta Perth.[7] Ya kasance kyaftin din tawagar a 1953, kuma an zaba shi a cikin tawagar wakilan Yammacin Australia don yin wasa a Melbourne.[8][9] Ya gabatar da roko da yawa da ba su yi nasara ba game da haramcinsa daga buga wa West Perth.[10][11][12][13][14]

Gidan shakatawa (VAFA)[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Gabelich, wanda ke da shekaru 18, ya fara zuwa ga Collingwood lokacin da yake daya daga cikin 'yan wasa mafi kyau a waje na ƙungiyar Mt. Hawthorn da ta doke ƙungiyar South Fremantle Ex-Scholars (kowane ɗayan sun kasance firaminista a cikin wasanninsu na masu son a wannan shekarar) a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 1951, a cikin ɗaga labule don wasan da ƙungiyar Collingwood mai ziyara ta rasa 22.9 (141) ga South Fremantle 15.12 (102).[15][16]

Ya zo Collingwood daga Yammacin Ostiraliya a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya a shekara ta 1954 ya makara don a lissafa shi; kuma, don haka, ya ci gaba da buga kwallon kafa tare da Parkside Amateurs, ƙungiyar da tsohon mai horar da Preston (VFA) Les Ross ya horar, a cikin Victorian Amateur Football Association, don sauran 1954: kakar da Parksides suka kasance firaministan C-Grade, ba a duk lokacin ba.[17][18][19][20] Gabelich ya taka leda a tsakiya a Grand Final inda Parkside 15.19 (109) ya ci Old Xaverians 8.12 (60).[21]

Har ila yau, tawagar ta lashe gasar VAFA Lightning Premiership da aka gudanar a karshen mako na ranar haihuwar Sarauniya a matsayin gabatarwa ga wasan Interstate tsakanin kungiyoyin wakilan Victoria da Kudancin Australia.[22][23]

Rashin da tawagar ta samu a shekara ta 1954 - a zahiri, tawagar ta lashe wasanni 29 a jere a cikin yanayi biyu (1953/1954) - shine lokacin da aka ci ta, 10.6 (66) zuwa 4.11 (35), ta hanyar 1954 Canberra Australian National Football League firaministan, Queanbeyan-Acton, a wasan karshe na karshe a Canberra a ranar 19 ga Satumba 1954.[24] Gabelich, a tsakiya rabin baya, yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Parkside mafi kyau.[25]

Ya kuma buga wa tawagar Collingwood wasa, a kan South Fremantle, a watan Yulin shekara ta 1954.[26]

Raunin da ya faru[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin mai gyarawa da mai juyawa a Melbourne, ya rasa saman yatsansa na tsakiya a hatsarin masana'antu a 1955 kafin ya buga wasan sa na farko ga Collingwood.[27]

Farko ga Collingwood[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

An ba shi izinin yin wasa tare da Collingwood a watan Maris na shekara ta 1955, Gabelich ya fara buga wa Collingwood wasa a ranar 30 ga Afrilu 1955 (zagaye na uku) da St Kilda - ra'ayi na mai sharhi game da aikinsa: "Gabelich: Nice mark and kick.[28][29][30] Alkawari, ban da wasan ƙasa" - ya maye gurbin Murray Weideman da ya ji rauni a tsakiya rabin gaba a cikin ƙungiyar da aka zaɓa; ya zira kwallaye 1.4 (10) (yana wasa da Neil Roberts).[31][32][33] Gabelich ya kuma buga (a cikin ruck) ga Collingwood a wasan da ya yi a ƙarshen kakar wasa da Perth Football Club, wanda ya lashe gasar Firimiya ta Yammacin Australia ta 1955 a ranar Asabar da ta gabata, a Perth, a ranar 15 ga Oktoba 1955.[34] An bayyana shi a matsayin "mai tsere mai kyau ... mai saurin yaudara da kuma mai tsere ga mutumin da ya fi girma".[35]

Gabelich ya buga wasanni bakwai kawai a shekara ta 1957. A cikin kwata na uku na wasan (zagaye na 6) da aka yi da Arewacin Melbourne a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1957, an kori Gabelich a kafa na ƙasa kuma ya ci gaba da karyewar fibula. Da yake ƙin tayin mai shimfiɗa, Gabelich "ya yi tafiya ba tare da taimako ba fiye da rabin tsawon ƙasa" zuwa ɗakin gyare-gyare, inda "[an] tambaye shi a cikin ɗakin gyare'are-gyaren yadda ya san kafa ta karye Gabelich ya girgiza likitan kulob din ta hanyar gayyatarsa ya saurari rassan ƙasusuwa".[36]

Gabelich ya fara fitowa bayan rauni shine na Collingwood na biyu na XVIII, yana wasa da Arewacin Melbourne a ranar 17 ga watan Agusta 1957, inda "har sai yanayin sa ya fadi, [ya] yi kyau kuma bai damu da kafafunsa ba".[37][38] An zaba shi a cikin XVIII na farko don muhimmin (zagaye na 18) wasan karshe na kakar da St Kilda a ranar 24 ga watan Agusta 1957, kuma yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan Collingwood mafi kyau a cikin tawagar da ta rasa.[39][40]

A cikin kakar wasa goma sha ɗaya, wasan 160 tare da Collingwood, ya buga wasanni 17 na karshe, gami da Grand Finals 5. A shekara ta 1958, lokacin da Collingwood ya lashe Grand Final, inda ya doke Melbourne 12.10 (82) zuwa 9.10 (64) - kuma, a cikin tsari, ya hana Melbourne daidaita rikodin Collingwood na lashe firaministan hudu a jere (viz., 1927, 1928, 1920, da 1930) - Gabelich ya buga wasa mai karfi a matsayin dan wasan baya-alji; kuma, "tare da ƙarfinsa mai ban mamaki [da] iko da fakiti", Gabelich yana da kayan aiki a Collingwood yana juyawa da maki 17 a kashi uku na kwata-lokaci uku a cikin kashi uku na rabi-lokaci.[41][42][43]

Ya kasance na biyu a 1959 Brownlow zuwa Verdun Howell na St Kilda da Bob Skilton na Kudancin Melbourne (wanda ya daura na farko), kuma ya lashe Copeland Trophy a matsayin mafi kyawun Collingwood a shekarar 1960.[44]

Wasannin Olympics[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Ya taka leda a matsayin dan wasan motsa jiki na baya don ƙungiyar VFL da VFA da suka haɗu da VAFA a wasan nunawa na ƙwallon ƙafa na Australiya, a lokacin wasannin Olympics na Melbourne, a ranar 7 ga Disamba 1956.[45]

Darwin[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

A ƙarshen kakar 1959, Gabelich, wanda ba shi da aikin yi, kuma ya tsira ne kawai a kan biyan kuɗin kwallon kafa daga Collingwood, ya nemi izini zuwa West Perth - inda, ban da biyan kuɗin kwallon ƙafa, an yi masa alkawarin "cikakken darektan hukumar mallakar da za ta tabbatar masa mafi ƙarancin kuɗin shiga na £ 4,000 a shekara" (A $ 124,016 a cikin 2020) - kuma Collingwood ya gaya masa, cewa ba za a iya yanke shawara ba har sai an zabi sabon kwamitin, 1960.[46] Wani Gabelich mai takaici ya tashi zuwa Darwin a ranar Jumma'a, 8 ga Janairun 1960, ya buga wasa tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Waratah a ranar Asabar, kuma a ranar Litinin mai zuwa ya fara aiki a matsayin mai ajiya a cikin kantin kayan aiki ga rikicewar jami'an West Perth.[47]

A ranar Asabar mai zuwa (16 ga Janairu) da safe, Gabelich ya tuntubi sakataren Collingwood (Gordon Carlyon) kuma, bayan ya sami tabbacin daga Carlyon cewa Collingwood zai goyi bayan bukatarsa ga VFL don a ba shi izinin buga wa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Waratah a lokacin Victorian, ya amince kada ya yi wasa a wannan Asabar, da fatan cewa ba zai kara nuna bambanci bukatarsa ba.[48] Bayan tattaunawar da ta kammala cewa "mai bin Ray Gabelich bai karya wani ka'idar A.N.F.C ba, ko kuma ya sami rashin cancanta ta atomatik ta hanyar wasa a Darwin", Collingwood ya yanke shawarar tura batun zuwa VFL don jagora, kafin ya yanke shawara ta ƙarshe.[49]

Duk da gardamar Collingwood cewa ayyukan Gabelich ba su ba da izinin hana su ta atomatik ba, saboda (a) "Darwin ba Jiha ba ne", kuma (b) "Gabelich ya taka leda daga kakar [Victorian], VFL - yana ganin cewa shawarar Gabelich na yin wasa a Darwin "abin kunya" ne - ya yanke shawarar neman shawara daga Majalisar Kwallon Kafa ta Australiya kafin ya yanke shawara.[50]

A watan Maris na shekara ta 1960, Bayan ya buga wasanni da yawa a Darwin, Gabelich ya yanke shawarar barin shirye-shiryensa na yin wasa tare da West Perth, kuma ya zaɓi ya sake buga wani kakar tare da Collingwood.[51][52][53]

Komawa zuwa Yammacin Australia[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

A shekara ta 1961 ya koma Yammacin Ostiraliya inda ya kwashe dukkan kakar wasa tare da West Perth, a wannan lokacin ya kuma wakilci Yammacin Australia a 1961 Brisbane Australian National Football Council Carnival, yana wasa a tsakiya-rabi a baya (kuma, a cikin tsari, ya soke gaba ɗaya zakarun tsakiya na Kudancin Melbourne Jim Taylor) a cikin ƙungiyar Yammacin Australiya wanda ba kawai (ba zato ba tsammani) ya ci tawagar wakilin Victoria 15.14 (104) zuwa 14.11 (95) a "wani mummunan yaƙi", har ma, ta hanyar wannan nasarar, ANFC.[54]

Kyakkyawan aikinsa na Yammacin Ostiraliya ya haifar da zabinsa, a tsakiya rabin baya a cikin tawagar All-Australian ta wannan shekarar, amma kuma lambar yabo ta Simpson Medal a matsayin mafi kyawun dan wasan Yammacin Australia a Brisbane Carnival .[55][56]

Komawa zuwa Collingwood[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Yanzu yana da shekaru 28, Gabelich ya koma Collingwood a 1962, kuma ya zama kyaftin din kulob din a duk kakar 1964 da kuma wani ɓangare na 1965.[57]

  1. "Born in Australia but taken back to Yugoslavia as a baby and raised there … [and only returning] to Australia as a young man" (Collingwood Forever.), he was the son of Peter (1869-1928) and Perina Gabelich (1871-1949) (Deaths: GABELICH Perina, The West Australian, (3 January 1950), p.12).
  2. She was the daughter of Antonio (1857-1927) (Deaths: RERECICH Antonio, The West Australian, (Monday 16 May 1927), p.1), and Antonia Nina Rerecich (1880-1952) (Deaths: RERECICH Antonia, The West Australian, (Friday 25 July 1952), p.20).
  3. Magpies Have "Clean Bill", The Age, (7 September 1960), p.26.
  4. "Recruits in the Limelight", The West Australian, (15 April 1953), p.16.
  5. 'Follower', "Gabelich Trains at Leederville, The West Australian, (17 April 1953), p.17.
  6. Gabelich Wavers, The West Australian, (21 April 1953), p.20.
  7. "Football", The West Australian, (Wednesday (9 March 1921), p.9.
  8. Gabelich Now Leads Team, The West Australian, (15 May 1953), p.29.
  9. Junior Side Will Visit Melbourne, The West Australian, (30 June 1953), p.1.
  10. 'Follower', "Change of Residence brings Complications, The West Australian, (15 April 1953), p.16.
  11. East Perth Still Wants Gabelich, The West Australian, (15 December 1953), p.24.
  12. Second Bid for Permit, The West Australian, (18 March 1954), p.26.
  13. 'Forward;, "Gabelich Fails Again in Bid for Permit", The West Australian, (1 April 1954), p.25.
  14. 'Forward', "West Perth takes Stand in Gabelich Case, The West Australian, (6 April 1954), p.21.
  15. "Good Junior Material", The West Australian, (19 October 1951), p.12; "Class Teams at Fremantle: Novel Ceremony", The West Australian, (20 October 1951), p.10; "Mt. Hawthorn's Success", The West Australian, (22 October 1951), p.11.
  16. "Collingwood Go Under To South", The (Perth) Mirror, (20 October 1951), p.14; Sweet, J,. "South's Break a 50-Year Hoodoo", (Perth) Sunday Times, (Sunday 21 October 1951), p.24; 'Follower', "Fast Teamwork Winning Factor", The West Australian, (Monday 22 October 1951), p.11.
  17. 'Forward', "Gabelich "Disgusted", to Leave Tonight", The West Australian, (30 April 1954), p.17.
  18. Gabelich will Train with Collingwood, The West Australian, (5 May 1954), p.30.
  19. "Rovers for Preston", The Age, (1 June 1938), p.8.
  20. de Lacy, H., "Chirping starts in Magpie Nest", The Sporting Globe, (3 November 1954), p.5.
  21. Victoria Amateur Football Association: Parkside Football Club: Winning Premiership Teams: C Section 1954.
  22. The sixteen teams involved were (a) Alphington Football Club, Hampton Rovers Football Club, Melbourne High School Old Boys (M.H.S.O.B.), Old Melburnians, and Ormond Amateur Football Club from A Section; (b) Brunswick Amateurs Football Club, Caulfield Grammarians Football Club, Coburg Amateurs Football Club, Collegians Football Club, and Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club from B Section; (c) Balwyn Football Club, East Malvern Football Club, and Parkside Football Club from C Section; Parkdale Football Club from D Section; and South Melbourne City Football Club, and Preston Amateurs Football Club from E Section (de Lacy, H., "Amateurs knock-out title on two grounds", The Sporting Globe, (2 June 1954), p.18).
  23. "Late burst saves State amateurs", The Argus, (15 June 1954), p.13.
  24. In 1952, the two A.C.T. Australian Rules clubs previously known as Acton and Queanbeyan merged to form Queanbeyan-Acton (see "Combined Team, Queenbeyan-Acton, For A-Grade", The Canberra Times, (13 March 1952), p.6). The merger was abandoned before the 1957 season commenced, and the Acton and Queanbeyan clubs competed, once again, as separate entities (see "Queanbeyan And Acton Football Clubs Separate", The Canberra Times, (9 November February 1956), p.16, "Queanbeyan Football Club Re-forms", The Canberra Times, (15 February 1957), p.16, and "Decision On Combine Footballers Likely", The Canberra Times, (3 April 1957), p.12).
  25. "Victorian Amateur Premier side to Play at Canberra", The Canberra Times, (15 September 1954), p.8; "Premiership Team to Play Parkside", The Canberra Times, (17 September 1954), p.7; "Combine beats Undefeated Victorian Champions", The Canberra Times, (20 September 1954), p.6.
  26. "Gabelich Gains Selection In Side To Play South Fremantle", The West Australian, (27 July 1954), p.19.
  27. Banfield, P., "Magpies' Hope Hurt: Out 6 Weeks", The Argus, (17 March 1955), p.1.
  28. "Collingwood Has Plans For Gabelich", The West Australian, (20 November 1954), p.23.
  29. "Magpies Say He's No.1 Recruit", The Argus, (9 March 1955), p.34: Note that this report is before he lost the tip of his finger.
  30. Banfield, P., "Magpies' Hope Hurt: Out 6 Weeks", The Argus, (17 March 1955), p.1; Banfield, P., "League Rejects Ban on Transfers", The Argus, (17 March 1955), p.20.
  31. "How they went last week", The Argus, (6 May 1955), p.22.
  32. "The League Scoreboard", The Argus, (2 May 1955), p.21.
  33. Richardson, J., "Magpies on Top", The Age, (2 May 1955), p.18.
  34. "Collingwood Hold On In Final Term", The (Perth) Mirror, 15 October 1955), p.13; "Magpies Beat Premier Team", The Age, (17 October 1955), p.19.
  35. Kevin Rose, quoted in Niall, J., "Magpies mourn the giant they knew as Gabbo", The Age, 20 July 2000.
  36. Beames, P., "Gabelich Had Broken Leg, But Refused Help", The Age, (27 May 1957), p.16.
  37. "Marquis in Hospital and Adams is Doubtful", The Age, (19 August 1957), p.18.
  38. "V.F.L. Statistics: V.F.L. Seconds, The Age, (19 August 1957), p.18.
  39. If Collingwood had won the match (rather than St Kilda), and if Essendon had lost to Carlton (Essendon beat Carlton by 10 goals), Collingwood would have gone on to play in the First Semi-Final on the following Saturday.
  40. Taylor, G., "Saints Finish on Triumphant Note", (26 August 1957), p.16.
  41. "Grand Final Teams", The Age, (19 September 1958), p.36.
  42. "Barassi Bites the Mud", The Age, (22 September 1958), p.18..
  43. Beames, P., "Magpies End Long Melbourne Reign: Great Comeback Wins 1958 Premiership", The Age, (22 September 1958), p.20.
  44. AFL Tables: 1959 Brownlow Medal.
  45. Mcfarlane, G., "Collingwood's connection with the Olympic Games", Collingwood Football Club, 1 August 2012.
  46. According to the RBA's Pre-Decimal Inflation Calculator, approximately the equivalent of $AUS115,000.00 per annum in 2017.
  47. "Gabelich Shocks Perth Officials", The Age, (12 January 1960), p.24.
  48. Beames, P., "Gabelich Seeks V.F.L. Approval", The Age, (18 January 1960), p.24.
  49. "Gabelich is Within Rules Says Club", The Age, (20 January 1960), p.26.
  50. Beames, P., "Gabelich Case for A.N.F.C.", (23 January 1960), p.16.
  51. "Gabelich Settles Magpie Doubts About His Future", The Age, (1 March 1960), p.22.
  52. "New Magpies Disappointing", The Age, (21 March 1960), p.22.
  53. "VFL Teams Chosen (For Round One)", The Age, (16 April 1960), p.22.
  54. Carter, R., "W.A. Triumphs Over Victoria: Wins Carnival Title", The Age, (24 July 1961), p.20.
  55. Carter, R., "'All-Australian' Team Surprise",The Age, (24 July 1961), p.20.
  56. "West Australian Football League: Simpson Medalists: State game Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  57. Carter, R., "Silvagni Blues' New Leader: Magpies Appoint Ray Gabelich", The Age, (13 April 1964), p.30.