Jackie Gibbons
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Henry Gibbons[1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 April 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Fulham, England | ||
Date of death | 4 July 1984[2] | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) |
Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Kingstonian | |||
Uxbridge | |||
1937 | Hayes | 3 | (0) |
1937–1938 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | (13) |
1938–1939 | Brentford | 11 | (1) |
1939 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
1945–1947 |
Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | (21) |
1947–1949 | Brentford | 56 | (16) |
Total | 139 | (62) | |
International career | |||
1938–1939 | England Amateurs | 6 | (6) |
1939 | FA XI | ||
1942 | England (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1949–1952 | Brentford | ||
1953–1956 |
Daring Club Bruxelles | ||
1956 | Israel | ||
1956–1957 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
1961–1963 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||
1963–1965 | Rangers | ||
Transvaal | |||
1966–1967 | Kenya | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Albert Henry Gibbons (10 April 1914 – 4 July 1984) was an English professional
Playing career
Amateur years (1937–1945)
A
Professional years (1945–1949)
The
Managerial career
Brentford
Gibbons became manager of Second Division club Brentford in February 1949, taking over from Harry Curtis, the most successful manager in the club's history.[4] Gibbons had been groomed to succeed Curtis at the helm.[4] In March 1949, Gibbons brought former Bradford Park Avenue teammate and future England manager Ron Greenwood to the club he supported as a boy and later named him captain.[14][15] In February 1951, Gibbons brought football analyst Charles Reep to Griffin Park on a part-time basis until the end of the 1950–51 season.[16] Reep helped improve the team's goals-to-games ratio, which saved them from relegation.[16]
Gibbons managed Brentford until the end of the
Daring Club Bruxelles
Gibbons took over as manager of Belgian club
Israel
Gibbons took charge of the
Africa
Gibbons moved to South Africa to manage clubs Rangers and Transvaal.[3] He accepted his final managerial position in 1966, when he was named as manager of Kenya.[24] He stayed in the job until October 1967, when he was replaced by his assistant, Elijah Lidonde.[24]
International career
Gibbons was called up to the Football Association representative team for a tour of South Africa in 1939.[25] He scored six goals in six caps for England Amateurs in 1938 and 1939 and won one cap for the full England team during the Second World War.[26][27][28]
Personal life
Gibbons attended
Career statistics
Player
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1937–38[6]
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Second Division | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 |
Brentford | 1938–39[11] | First Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Brentford | 1947–48[11] | Second Division | 41 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 14 |
1948–49[11] | Second Division | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | |
Total | 67 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 19 | ||
Career total | 94 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 104 | 37 |
Manager
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Brentford | February 1949 | August 1952 | 148 | 52 | 40 | 56 | 35.14 | [29] |
Israel | 1956 | 1956 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00 | [22] |
Total | 153 | 54 | 40 | 59 | 35.29 | — |
Honours
As a player
Kingstonian
As a manager
Daring Club Bruxelles
References
- ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c "Jackie Gibbons". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9540434-2-1.
- ^ ISBN 0955294916.
- ^ a b c d ""Bees'" Capture. A. H. Gibbons Signed On Amateur Forms. Playing To-Morrow. When He Nearly Turned Professional". The Brentford & Chiswick Times. 19 August 1938.
- ^ a b "Jack Gibbons". 11v11.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur, 16 September 1937 – 11v11 match report". 11v11.com. 16 September 1937. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "A to Z Of Players – History". Tottenhamhotspur.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ISBN 9780750940313.
- ^ "On this day – special 1 January 2004 – News". tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ Brian Glanville (4 February 2000). "Bert Sproston | Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Brentford Football Club Official Matchday Magazine versus Hull City. 7 May 2005. p. 46.
- ^ "Ron Greenwood". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 70.
- ^ a b "Goal Scoring in Association Football: Charles Reep". Keithlyons.me. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Gibbins – Gillis". Hayes & Yeading United FC: The Official Website. 27 October 2004. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ a b TW8: Brentford Official Matchday Programme versus Notts County. Charlton, London. 24 February 2001. p. 15.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Brentford Home Page for the 1951–1952 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 15.
- ^ a b "Belgium – Final Tables 1895–2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Jackie Gibbons – national football team manager". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "עונת 1958/1959". Hpt.co.il. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ a b 16 Mar – 14:33. "News: Volunteer quits". FoStats. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "British Fa Xi Tours". RSSSF. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ "England's amateurs". Sportstaronnet.com. 13 October 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "England – War-Time/Victory Internationals – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 177.
External links
- Jackie Gibbons management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Jackie Gibbons manager profile at EU-Football.info