Vincent Sidley "Vin" Gardiner (23 October 1885 – October 1972) was an 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 for Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 and Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (VFL).

Gardiner came from a footballing family, his father John had played for Carlton, and his brother Jack

Jack Gardiner

John Carlton 'Jack' Gardiner was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He then became a successful coach in the Tasmanian Football League....

also played for Melbourne and Carlton.

Gardiner bean his career with Melbourne, but only played two games for the Demons in 1905. Gardiner then made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in round 3 of the 1907 season. In his second season, 1908, Gardiner was part of Carlton's premiership winning team. He was also the club's leading goalkicker that season. Gardiner went on to win Carlton's leading goalkicker award six more times and win another premiership, in 1915. He left the Blues at the end of the 1917 season.

Gardiner was made a life member of Carlton in 1949.

External links

• Vin Gardiner at Blueseum