Facts: - heightweight: 183 cm / 78 kg - years: 1934 -- 1943 - statsend: 1943 - originalteam: rosedale - death date: 6 august 2000 - birth date: 7 february 1914 - name: maurie gibb - image: maurie gibb.jpg - careerhighlights: * 2 vfl premierships : 1940 , 1941 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maurie gibb .
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maurie gibb -lrb- 7 february 1914 -- 6 august 2000 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for melbourne in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the 1930s and early 1940s .gibb originally tried out for carlton but after being rejected was picked up by melbourne .he was a forward and had his most prolific season in 1935 when he topped melbourne 's goalkicking with 59 goals in a tally which included two bags of nine .in 1940 and 1941 gibb played in back to back premiership teams .