Ian Kidgell

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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| name = Ian Kidgell

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|21|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Haileybury College{{Cite web |url=http://www.yvmdfl.com.au/index.php?id=134 |title=Sportingpulse: AFL/VFL Draftees |access-date=27 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200129/http://www.yvmdfl.com.au/index.php?id=134 |url-status=dead }}/
Hawthorn

| height = 203 cm

| weight = 106 kg

| position = Ruckman/forward

| statsend = 1991

| years1 = 1991

| club1 = Brisbane Bears

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Ian Kidgell (born 21 November 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Kidgell was originally listed by Hawthorn and played for their Under 19s and Reserves in 1989 and 1990 before leaving Hawthorn to go to Brisbane in the 1991 Pre-season Draft.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

Kidgell played three senior games for Brisbane in 1991 before returning to Hawthorn in 1992, before moving to Essendon for the 1993 AFL season, and then to Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Oakleigh in 1994, and then to Yarra Ranges Football & Netball League club Monbulk in 1995, playing in their 1997 and 1998 premiership teams.

A champion high jumper as a junior, and standing 203 cm, he was the Bears' tallest ever player and had great athleticism, Kidgell had to wait until round 21 to make his debut.