DOB: 25 July 1918
Died: 13 August 2002
Debut: Round 1, 1939 against Richmond at MCG
Last Game: Round 13, 1939 against Essendon at MCG
From: Mildura
Number: 6 (1939)
Honours:
Seconds Premiership Player - 1939
Games: 6
Goals: 0
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 66.66 |
Recruited from the north of Victoria, the Melbourne recruiters got both Giles and Harold Ball at the same time. They had travelled to sign half-forward flanker and league leading goalkicker Giles when they also decided to sign the ruckman Ball as well.
Described as "a finely built, powerful fellow whose play radiated football sense and dash of a very high order". He battled a foot injured to make his debut in Round 1, but by midway through the year his VFL career was over. In 1940 he played for Ouyen, where he had moved as part of his teaching job. He also served in the Air Force during World War II.
| Year | Games | Goals | Brownlow |
| 1939 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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Media
Age 03/04/1939
Age - 12/04/1939
Weekly Times - 16/09/1939
Age - 01/05/1940
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