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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Garrick Ibbotson
| image = GarrickIbbotsonMarch2016.JPG
| image_size = 100
| alt = 
| caption = Ibbotson in March 2016
| fullname = Garrick Ibbotson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|3|15}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]] ([[West Australian Football League|WAFL]])
| draftpick = No. 26, [[2005 AFL Draft|2005 National Draft]], {{AFL Fre}}
| height = 186 cm
| weight = 81 kg
| position = [[Australian rules football positions|Defender]]
| years1 = 2006–2017
| club1 = {{AFL Fre}}
| games_goals1 = 177 (22)<!--please remember to update statsend to the last match (round) played-->
| statsend = 2017
| nationalyears1 = 2010
| nationalteam1 = [[Australian International rules football team|Australia]]
| nationalgames_goals1 = 2 (0)
| repstatsend = 2010
| careerhighlights = 
*[[2008 AFL Rising Star]] nominee
*[[Fremantle Football Club Life Members|Fremantle Life Member]]: 2015
*[[List of West Australian Football League premiers|WAFL premiership player]]: 2017
}}

'''Garrick Ibbotson''' (born 15 March 1988) is a former professional [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Fremantle Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).

Ibbotson mainly played [[Association football|soccer]] as a junior and only converted to Australian rules football at the age of 13.<ref>[http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/video/2013-08-12/grasroots-ibbotson-returns-to-bullcreekleeming Grassroots: Ibbotson returns to Bullcreek/Leeming]</ref>  He graduated from [[Corpus Christi College, Perth|Corpus Christi College]] in 2005.

He was recruited as the number 26 draft pick in the [[2005 AFL Draft]] from [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]].

==AFL career==
Garrick made his debut for the [[Fremantle Football Club]] in round 11, 2007 against [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] following some good form in the [[West Australian Football League|WAFL]] for East Fremantle.<ref>[http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=12&ContentID=30827 Butler, Steve; Dockers run rule over ruck contests, The West Australian, 8 June 2007]</ref>  Considered one of the quickest players in the Fremantle squad, he re-signed for a further two years in May 2007, before he had even made his debut.<ref>[http://fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=43278  Mitchinson, Katie; Youngsters Sign on until 2009, fremantlefc.com.au, 16 May 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923221659/http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=43278 |date=23 September 2007 }}</ref>  He was nominated for the 2008 [[AFL Rising Star]] award after being Fremantle's best player in their Round 9 loss to Carlton at the Telstra Dome;<ref>[http://news.theage.com.au/sport/ibbotson-earns-rising-star-nomination-20080527-2ii9.html Ibbotson earns Rising Star nomination]; 2008-05-27</ref> he ultimately finished fifth for the award.

Heading into the final round of the 2017 season, Ibbotson announced his retirement after 12 seasons with Fremantle.

==Statistics==
: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season''<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Garrick_Ibbotson.html Garrick Ibbotson's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>

{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start}}

|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2007 AFL season|2007]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 35 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 7.0 || 3.0 || 1.0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2008 AFL season|2008]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 35 || 19 || 7 || 6 || 195 || 130 || 325 || 84 || 49 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 10.3 || 6.8 || 17.1 || 4.4 || 2.6
|-  style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2009 AFL season|2009]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 22 || 3 || 6 || 234 || 172 || 406 || 110 || 45 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 10.6 || 7.8 || 18.4 || 5.0 || 2.0
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2010 AFL season|2010]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 19 || 5 || 5 || 175 || 104 || 279 || 74 || 38 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 9.2 || 5.5 || 14.7 || 3.9 || 2.0
|-  style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2011 AFL season|2011]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 18 || 3 || 1 || 197 || 111 || 308 || 79 || 44 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 10.9 || 6.2 || 17.1 || 4.4 || 2.4
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2012 AFL season|2012]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 23 || 1 || 5 || 260 || 128 || 388 || 116 || 50 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 11.3 || 5.6 || 16.9 || 5.0 || 2.2
|-  style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2013 AFL season|2013]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 13 || 1 || 1 || 191 || 91 || 282 || 106 || 32 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 14.7 || 7.0 || 21.7 || 8.2 || 2.5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2014 AFL season|2014]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 12 || 0 || 3 || 108 || 69 || 177 || 64 || 21 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 9.0 || 5.8 || 14.8 || 5.3 || 1.8
|-  style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2015 AFL season|2015]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 24 || 1 || 1 || 287 || 152 || 439 || 160 || 30 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 12.0 || 6.3 || 18.3 || 6.7 || 1.2
|- 
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2016 AFL season|2016]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 5 || 16 || 0 || 1 || 173 || 80 || 253 || 94 || 28 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 10.8 || 5.0 || 15.8 || 5.9 || 1.8
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 167
! 22
! 29
! 1824
! 1040
! 2864
! 890
! 338
! 0.1
! 0.2
! 10.9
! 6.2
! 17.1
! 5.3
! 2.0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{AFL Tables}}
*{{AustralianFootball}}
*{{WAFL FootyFacts}}
*[http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/1160 Garrick Ibbotson WAFL statistics]

{{2008 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{2010 Australian international rules team}}
{{2005 AFL national draft}}
{{Peel Thunder 2017 WAFL premiers}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
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[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia]]
[[Category:Fremantle Football Club players]]
[[Category:Australian people of English descent]]
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[[Category:Peel Thunder Football Club players]]
[[Category:People educated at Corpus Christi College, Perth]]
[[Category:Australia international rules football team players]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen]]