Shay Gibbons

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Shay Gibbons
Personal information
Full name Seamus Gibbons
Date of birth (1929-05-19)19 May 1929
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Date of death 9 June 2006(2006-06-09) (aged 77)
Position(s)
Forward
Youth career
Dublin City
Home Farm
Bohemians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 Bohemians 2 (0)
1947–1950 Whitehall Rangers
1950–1957 St Patrick's Athletic 115 (108)
1957–1958 Holyhead Town
1958 Cork Hibernians 14 (1)
1958–1959 Dundalk 19 (11)
International career
195x–195x League of Ireland XI 9
1952–1955 Republic of Ireland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shay Gibbons (19 May 1929 – 9 June 2006

1951–52, 1952–53 and 1955–56
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Gaelic football

Gibbons was born in Dublin. His mother was from County Wicklow and his father came from County Kildare. His father and brothers had played Gaelic football at inter–county level. As a youth Gibbons was also a prominent Gaelic footballer. He captained Parnells in a Dublin Junior Football Championship final and was in the Parnells team that lost to St Vincents in the 1950 Dublin Senior Football Championship final. At 17 he was also selected as a substitute for the Dublin county team's senior panel.[2][3]

Association football

Early years

As a schoolboy and youth Gibbons played

Leinster Junior Cup.[2][3]

St Patrick's Athletic

Gibbons joined

League of Ireland Top Scorer. His goals also helped St Pat's win their first League of Ireland title in their debut season. In 1952–53 he was again league top scorer with 22 goals in 22 games. This included five he scored in a 6–2 win against Cork Athletic. He also had a sixth goal disallowed. This remains the most goals scored by a St Pat's player in a single game. In 1954–55 Gibbons scored 28 goals as St Pat's won the league for the second time. This remains the most goals scored by a St Pat's player in a single season. In 1955–56 he topped the league scoring charts for a third time with 21 goals as St Pat's won a third League of Ireland title in their first five seasons in the league. With 108 goals he remains St Pat's all-time top league goal scorer.[4][2][3][5][6]

Later career

After short spells with Holyhead Town and Cork Hibernians, Gibbons joined Dundalk for the 1958–59 season, scoring twice in his Oriel Park debut against Cork Hibernians in a League of Ireland Shield game. He went on to score seven goals in his first five appearances for Dundalk. Gibbons finished the season with 23 goals in 37 appearances in all competitions.[3]

International career

Gibbons represented the

1954 World Cup qualifier. He won his third cap on 19 October 1955 in a 4–1 defeat at home to Yugoslavia. This was the match that Archbishop McQuaid tried to get banned. He won his final cap in a 2–2 draw with Spain on 27 November 1955.[7][8][9][10]

Honours

St Patrick's Athletic
Individual

Source:[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Former Saint Passes". www.stpatsfc.com. 10 June 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c McGarrigle, Stephen. The Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football 1945–96. Mainstream Publishing.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Shay Gibbons". www.dundalkfcwhoswho.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b "The Harry Boland Hall of Fame – Shay Gibbons". www.stpatsfc.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. ^
    ISBN 1-86223-135-4
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  7. ^ "Shay Gibbons". www.soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Germany 3–0 Republic of Ireland". www.soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Republic of Ireland 4–0 Luxembourg". www.soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Republic of Ireland 1–4 Yugoslavia". www.soccerscene.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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