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{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
| name                = Alan Gil
| image               =
| fullname            =
| birth_date          = {{birth based on age as of date|23|1962|6|27}}<ref name=Spanish />
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| death_date          =
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| position            = Centre
|teamA              = [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland]]
|yearAstart         = 1960
|yearAend           = 63
|appearancesA       = 16
|triesA             = 3
|goalsA             = 0
|fieldgoalsA        = 0
|pointsA            = 9
|teamB              = [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]]
|yearBstart         = 1962
|yearBend           =
|appearancesB       = 2
|triesB             = 0
|goalsB             = 0
|fieldgoalsB        = 0
|pointsB            = 0
}}
'''Alan Gil''' is an Australian former [[rugby league]] player.<ref>{{cite news |title=Q'land Centre Ill, Doubt For R.L. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121392350 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=27 August 1963}}</ref>
Born to a Spanish father and Irish mother, Gil was raised in [[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]], attending St Augustine's College.<ref name=Spanish>{{cite news |title=Spanish Zest In Aust. Test Side |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121435915 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 June 1962}}</ref>
Gil captain-coached local Cairns club the Kangaroos, partnering his brother Neil in the centres, while another brother Frank was their five-eighth. In 1958, Gil was named best on ground for Far North Queensland in their match against [[Great Britain rugby league team|Great Britain]], a performance that saw him signed by a club in Toowoomba. He captained the Toowoomba representative side to the 1960 [[Bulimba Cup]] title, before returning to Cairns.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rugby historian’s home-grown heroes |url=https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/2735409/rugby-historians-home-grown-heroes/ |work=The North West Star |date=1 December 2014 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
In 1962, Gil represented [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] as a centre in the 2nd and 3rd Tests against Great Britain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soft Test Ground Will Suit England |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121267376 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 July 1962}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alan-gil/summary.html Alan Gil] at Rugby League Project
{{North Queensland Team of the Century}}
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