Brian Gibbs
{{Short description|English footballer (1936–2014)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Brian Gibbs
| image =
| full_name = Brian Richard Gibbs
| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|10|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gillingham, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|01|27|1936|10|06|df=y}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position = Inside left
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Portsmouth
| years1 = ?–1957
| clubs1 = Gosport Borough
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1957–1962
| clubs2 = Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
| caps2 = 58
| goals2 = 15
| years3 = 1962–1968
| clubs3 = Gillingham
| caps3 = 259
| goals3 = 101
| years4 = 1968–1972
| clubs4 = Colchester United
| caps4 = 156
| goals4 = 40
| years5 = 1972–?
| clubs5 = Bletchley Town
| caps5 =
| goals5 =
| manageryears1 = 1975–
| managerclubs1 = New Bradwell St Peter
}}
Brian Richard Gibbs (6 October 1936 – 27 January 2014){{cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| isbn=0-7524-2243-X|pages=131}} was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.
Playing career
Born in Gillingham, Dorset Gibbs began his career on the South Coast with non-league Gosport Borough. In 1957, he joined Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, scoring 15 goals in 58 appearances. In 1962, he joined the Kent club Gillingham, where he made over 250 appearances and scored 101 league goals. He left Gillingham in 1968 after aiding the team to the 1963–64 Fourth Division championship to join Colchester United, where he spent four years scoring 40 goals in over 150 league appearances. He won the Watney Cup in 1971 with the U's, before stepping out of league football to join Bletchley Town.[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/gillingham/gillingham.html Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database]
Managerial career
Gibbs became team manager of New Bradwell St Peter in 1975, and under his guidance the club won the South Midlands League Division One title in the 1976–77 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.goalrun.com/clubs?club_info&cid=2596&tid=2379 |title=Clubs |publisher=Goalrun |date=23 April 2010 |accessdate=24 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022723/http://www.goalrun.com/clubs?club_info&cid=2596&tid=2379 |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}
Death
Gibbs died on 27 January 2014 at the age of 77.{{cite web|url=http://www.cu-fc.com/news/article/290114-brian-gibbs-1325978.aspx? |title=Brian Gibbs: 1936–2014 |publisher=Colchester United FC |date=29 January 2014 |accessdate=29 January 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united/former_colchester_united_star_brian_gibbs_dies_he_was_a_member_of_the_famous_u_s_team_that_beat_leeds_united_in_the_fa_cup_in_1971_1_3258798 |title=Former Colchester United star Brian Gibbs dies. He was a member of the famous U's team that beat Leeds United in the FA Cup in 1971 |newspaper=East Anglian Daily Times |location=East Anglia |date=29 January 2014 |accessdate=29 January 2014 |archive-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312150418/http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/colchester-united/former_colchester_united_star_brian_gibbs_dies_he_was_a_member_of_the_famous_u_s_team_that_beat_leeds_united_in_the_fa_cup_in_1971_1_3258798 |url-status=dead }}
Honours
- Football League Fourth Division: 1963–64
- Watney Cup: 1971
References
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{{Colchester United F.C. Hall of Fame}}
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Category:People from Gillingham, Kent
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Gosport Borough F.C. players
Category:AFC Bournemouth players
Category:Gillingham F.C. players
Category:Colchester United F.C. players
Category:Milton Keynes City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:New Bradwell St Peter F.C. managers
Category:English football managers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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