title: Ian Monks
text: # Ian Monks
  
  Ian Monks (6 August 1931 – 6 January 2009) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He won a reserves premiership with Essendon in 1952. After his time in the VFL, he played for Port Melbourne and Caulfield in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
  
  Monks also had a long district cricket career for Essendon, playing 214 First XI games between 1949/50 and 1968/69, averaging 22.44 with the bat, and served as captain.
  
  