Fears for three-time premiership winner Josh Gibson’s marriage

There are fears for the marriage of three-time Hawks champion Josh Gibson and wife Ashley Bright, a year after they were wed.

Three-time Hawthorn premiership winner Josh Gibson and wife Ashley Bright are believed to have split, just over a year after getting married.

The Herald Sun reported the couple may have split quoting several sources had seen the couple looking separately at properties.

It is thought Bright has purchased a new home in Ballarat.

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The couple have deleted their wedding pictures from their Instagram pages and Bright has also made her Instagram page private.

The only image that remains from the day on their social media pages is one of their son Brody wearing a suit.

Brody was born in 2021 after the couple began dating in 2020.

Gibson then proposed to Bright, a former ballet teacher and radiation therapist, in August 2022.

Gibson and Bright tied the knot in March 2023 in a ceremony in the Yarra Valley, telling guests his life was “perfect”.

“I never imagined finding the love and fulfilment that has come across me since you came into my world,” he said in his wedding speech.

“Being married to you is perfect. Having a family with you is perfect.

“I am so looking forward to the next chapter of our life.

“I really hope the next chapter we write, though, involves a child that actually sleeps through the night because we can’t have a Brody 2.0.”

A picture from the pair’s wedding day. Picture: Supplied/Instagram

Josh Gibson and Ashley Bright at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Picture: FIONA HAMILTON PHOTOGRAPHY

Gibson is regarded widely as one of the greatest defenders of his generation, playing 225 AFL games after being taken seventh in the 2005 rookie draft by North Melbourne from Port Melbourne in the VFL, and being traded to Hawthorn in 2009.

He holds the record for the most one-percenters in AFL history, and was known for his spoiling ability and capability in reading situations.

He was also named the Hawks best and fairest in both 2013 and 2015, which were both premiership winning seasons and made the All-Australian team in 2015.

Since retirement, Gibson has made celebrity television appearances and bought a gym in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

He starred on The Celebrity Apprentice in 2021, and was also a contestant on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! in 2018.