Career
He was a regular Victorian representative in interstate football and in 1903 he spent a season in the West Australian goldfields with Boulder City, and being described as the top player of the goldfields in that year. He returned home to Essendon in 1904 and during the season took over as captain of the club In 1905 he played with Essendon Association in the Victorian Football Association.
He then returned to Western Australia and played with the Boulder Stars in 1906 where he was subsequently suspended for "professionalism" after he sued a club official for agreed wages.
Despite his honesty he was sidelined for two years. However, his career still flourished.
He captained the 1910 Goldfields side that beat Portuguese Adelaide and then was captain-coach of the 1911 Western Australian carnival side which played at Adelaide. In 1915 he captained Mines Rovers, of the Western Australian Goldfields, to a premiership.
Hugh Gavin died on 13 November 1940 in Melbourne.