Alf Gibbs
{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
| name = Alf Gibbs
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|04|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Merewether, NSW, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|12|02|1920|04|15|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| position = Front-row
|teamA = New South Wales
|yearAstart = 1946
|yearAend = 47
|appearancesA = 9
|triesA = 3
|goalsA = 0
|fieldgoalsA = 0
|pointsA = 9
|teamB = Australia
|yearBstart = 1948
|yearBend = 49
|appearancesB = 5
|triesB = 1
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 3
| club1 = Newtown Jets
| year1start = 1949
| year1end = 50
| appearances1 = 31
| tries1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| fieldgoals1 = 0
| points1 = 6
}}
Alf Gibbs (15 April 1920 – 2 December 1983){{cite web |title=Gibbs, Alfred |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=240108&c=WW2 |website=nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au}} was an Australian former rugby league player.
Biography
Raised in Newcastle, Gibbs was the youngest of four rugby league playing brothers, the most famous of which being Kangaroos forward Jim. He played his early rugby league with South Newcastle.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17741755 |title=Jim Gibbs Retires |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 September 1941 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Gibbs represented Australia as a front-rower in five Test matches on the 1948/49 tour of Europe, appearing three times against Great Britain and twice against France.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18202554 |title=Gibbs Likely For Balmain |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 March 1951 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1949 and 1950, Gibbs played first-grade for the Newtown Jets.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134353341 |title=Alf Gibbs Joins Newtown Club |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |date=29 March 1949 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Gibbs later coached the Leichhardt Wanderers.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248720458 |title=Study form and win big skill prize |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 May 1952 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/alf-gibbs/summary.html Alf Gibbs] at Rugby League Project
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Australia national rugby league team players
Category:New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league players from Newcastle, New South Wales