Gibby Ormond

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gibby Ormond

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| fullname = Gilbert McNaughton Ormond[https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-deaths&surname=Ormond&surname_so=exact&forename_so=starts&other_surname_so=exact&mmsurname_so=exact&birth_year=1933&birth_year_range=1&record_type=stat_deaths Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results], ScotlandsPeople

| birth_date = 11 September 1933

| birth_place = Falkirk, Scotland

| death_date = {{death year and age|2010|1933}}

| death_place =

| height =

| position = Left winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Kilsyth Rangers

| years2 = 1957–1960 | caps2 = 65 | goals2= 21 | clubs2 = Airdrieonians

| years3 = 1960–1962 | caps3 = 44 | goals3 = 7 | clubs3 = Dundee United

| years4 = 1962–1964 | caps4 = 38 | goals4= 22 | clubs4 = Cowdenbeath

| years5 = 1964–1965 | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 13 | clubs5 = Alloa Athletic

| totalcaps = 176

| totalgoals = 63

| nationalyears1= 1958{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/gibbyormond.html |title=Gibby Ormond |work= |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |accessdate=1 June 2014}}

| nationalteam1 = Scottish League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1= 1

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Gilbert McNaughton Ormond (12 September 1933 – 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left winger for Airdrieonians, Dundee United, Cowdenbeath and Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Football League.

Ormond joined Dundee United from Airdrieonians in February 1960, scoring on his debut against Albion Rovers. He was an ever-present in the team for the rest of the season as United won promotion from Division Two. After promotion to the top division, Ormond played regularly during the 1960–61 season, missing only four matches, but featured less often the following season after United signed Neil Mochan. He was released in May 1962 and joined Cowdenbeath.{{cite book |last1=Gracie |first1=Steve |title=The Rise of the Terrors: Dundee United FC, a Comprehensive History 1945-1979 |date=2009 |publisher=Arabest Publishing |location=Dundee |page=282 |isbn=9780955834110}}

In April 1960, Ormond was chosen to play for a Second Division Select against the Scotland under-23 team in an international trial match at Brockville Park in Falkirk, missing a penalty in a 3–1 defeat.{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Michael |title=Throwback Thursday: The Young Ones |url=https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2020/07/29/throwback-thursday-the-young-ones/ |access-date=25 August 2021 |publisher=Falkirk F.C. |date=29 July 2020}}

He was the younger brother of Scotland player and manager Willie Ormond. Another brother, Bert Ormond, emigrated and represented New Zealand at international level in 1962.{{cite web| url=http://www.mags.school.nz/images/extracurricular/Sport/soccer1/Newsletter%20March%2006.pdf| title=Peter Lorimer, Leeds and Scotland Hero| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724201653/http://www.mags.school.nz/images/extracurricular/Sport/soccer1/Newsletter%20March%2006.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011}}

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