Gordon Nisbet

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gordon Nisbet

| image =

| fullname = Gordon James Mackay Nisbet{{Hugman|14643|accessdate=1 August 2021}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|9|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wallsend, England

| height = 5 ft 10 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=286 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| position = Right back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Northumberland Schools

| years1 = 1969–1976

| clubs1 = West Bromwich Albion

| caps1 = 136 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1976–1980

| clubs2 = Hull City

| caps2 = 193 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1980–1987

| clubs3 = Plymouth Argyle

| caps3 = 281 | goals3 = 14

| years4 = 1987–1988

| clubs4 = Exeter City

| caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 622 | totalgoals = 15

| nationalyears1 = 1972

| nationalteam1 = England U23

| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1992

| managerclubs1 = Plymouth Argyle (caretaker)

}}

Gordon James Mackay Nisbet (born 18 September 1951) is an English retired professional footballer who made over 600 league appearances in English football. Nisbet began his career as a goalkeeper but was later converted into a right back.{{cite web|url=http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/managers.asp?name=GordonNisbet/AlanGillett|title=Gordon Nisbet / Alan Gillett|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=Greens On Screen|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201146/http://www.greensonscreen.co.uk/managers.asp?name=GordonNisbet/AlanGillett|url-status=dead}}

Club career

Born in Wallsend, Nisbet played youth football for Northumberland Schools. When he left school at the age of eighteen in 1969, he signed for West Bromwich Albion, and also played league football for Hull City, Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/wba/wba.html|title=WEST BROMWICH ALBION : 1946/47 - 2007/08|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/hull/hull.html|title=HULL CITY : 1946/47 - 2007/08|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/plymouth/plymouth.html|title=PLYMOUTH ARGYLE : 1946/47 - 2007/08|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929040138/http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/plymouth/plymouth.htm|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/exeter/exeter.html|title=EXETER CITY : 1946/47 - 2002/03|access-date=2 May 2009|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}

International career

Nisbet earned one cap for the England under-23 team in 1972.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/6426535.stm|title=Where are they now?|access-date=2 May 2009|date=8 March 2007|publisher=BBC Sport}}

Coaching career

Nisbet was caretaker manager of Plymouth Argyle, alongside Alan Gillett, for two games in 1992.

After football

After finishing his professional football career in 1988, Nisbet continued to play non-League football, and later joined the Devon and Cornwall Police.