Colin Gibson (footballer, born 1923)

Colin Hayward Gibson (16 August 1923 – 27 March 1992) was an English footballer who scored 57 goals from 288 appearances in the Football League playing for Cardiff City, Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Lincoln City. He played as an outside or inside right.[3]

For the 1970s-1990s midfielder, see Colin Gibson (footballer, born 1960).

Colin Gibson
Personal information
Full name Colin Hayward Gibson[1]
Date of birth (1923-09-16)16 September 1923[2]
Place of birth Normanby,[1] England
Date of death 27 March 1992(1992-03-27) (aged 68)[2]
Place of death Stourbridge,[2] England
Position(s) Outside / inside right
Youth career
– Penarth Pontoons
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
194?–1948 Cardiff City 71 (16)
1948–1949 Newcastle United 23 (5)
1949–1956 Aston Villa 158 (24)
1956–1957 Lincoln City 36 (12)
1957–19?? Stourbridge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Life and career

Gibson was born in Normanby, near Middlesbrough in Yorkshire.[1] His father moved to south Wales to work in the docks, and Gibson was spotted by Cardiff City playing football for a local team in Penarth.[4] He assisted Cardiff City to the Third Division South title in 1946–47, before joining Newcastle United, newly promoted to the First Division, in the 1948 close season for a £15,000 fee.[1] Despite rarely missing a game, Gibson was one of eleven players "considered redundant" in January 1949,[5] and despite interest from Arsenal – manager Tom Whittaker said that "Arsenal are always on the look-out for real footballers like Gibson"[6] – he signed for Aston Villa for £17,500.[7]

He played for Villa for seven years, during which time he was capped for the Football League representative team against the League of Ireland XI in May 1949 in a 5–0 win.[8] and received his first recognition for England, at "B" international level, a few days later against the Netherlands A team,[9] in a 4–0 win.[10] He signed for Lincoln City of the Second Division for a £6,000 fee in 1956, and a year later moved into non-league football with Stourbridge, where he ended his career.[1]

Gibson died in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, in 1992.[2]

References
  1. "Colin Gibson". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Gibson, Colin Hayward". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. "Colin Gibson". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  4. "Roy and Billy were brothers in battle as City triumphed". South Wales Echo. 12 January 2013. p. 40. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via Gale OneFile: News.
  5. Rose, Henry (21 January 1949). "Newcastle put Gibson in team for sale". Daily Express. p. 6.
  6. "Gibson will cost Villa £17,000". Daily Express. 4 February 1949. p. 6.
  7. "Player profile: Colin Gibson". Toon1892. Kenneth H Scott. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. "Shackleton at his best". Daily Express. 5 May 1949. p. 6.
  9. Macadam, John (17 May 1949). "Soccer stars frozen out". Daily Express. p. 6.
  10. Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 14 May 2013.
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