Gordon Waters

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1914}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Gordon Waters

| image =

| fullname = Gordon Waters

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|01|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wedderburn, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|05|15|1914|01|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Kew, Victoria

| originalteam = Wedderburn, Melbourne reserves

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 74 kg

| position = Backman

| statsend = 1941

| years1 = 1937–41

| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals1 = 32 (0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Gordon Waters (27 January 1914 – 15 May 1983) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=927}}

Initially from Wedderburn, Waters was signed {{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11008318?searchTerm=%22gordon%20waters%22%20melbourne|title=Jack Baggott's Football Future|newspaper=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|date=18 January 1935|page=13}} He tried out at Footscray and played in some trial games before being offered a place on the Melbourne reserves list.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244963724?searchTerm=%22gordon%20waters%22%20melbourne|title = League Football Training Starts Tomorrow|newspaper = Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)|date = 11 March 1935|page = 15}}

Waters and fellow teammate Ken Feltscheer were part of a player swap for Bert Chandler in 1937.

The rugged defender was give 3 votes by the Argus sportswriter for his game against {{AFL Ess}} in 1938.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11183036?searchTerm=%22gordon%20waters%22%20melbourne|title=Notes from League Training-Rooms|newspaper=Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)|date=6 June 1938|page=16}}