Ian Kidgell is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Kidgell was originally listed by Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 but came to Brisbane in the 1991 Preseason Draft.

At 203 cm, he was the Bears tallest ever player, and very athletic. Kidgell had to wait until round 21 to make his debut. He was called up as a replacement for ruckman Alex Ishchenko

Alex Ishchenko

Alex Ishchenko is a former Australian rules footballer who played with West Coast, the Brisbane Bears and North Melbourne in the VFL/AFL....

, he played three games and kicked one goal.