Nathan Gibbs
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|22|df=yes}}
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| height = {{convert|179|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|89|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
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| position = {{rlp|LK|SR}}
| club1 = South Sydney
| year1start = 1978
| year1end = 83
| appearances1 = 86
| tries1 = 27
| goals1 = 0
| fieldgoals1 = 0
| points1 = 87
| club2 = Parramatta Eels
| year2start = 1984
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| appearances2 = 9
| tries2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| fieldgoals2 = 0
| points2 = 8
| source = [http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/nathan-gibbs/summary.html Rugby League Project][http://203.166.101.37/NRL08/playercareer.asp?lplayer=3279 NRL Stats]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Nathan Gibbs (born 22 December 1959{{cite book| editor=Gary Lester |title=The Sun Book of Rugby League – 1983|year=1983|publisher=John Fairfax Marketing|location=Sydney, New South Wales|isbn=0-909558-83-3|pages=78}}) is an Australian sports physician and former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.
Early life and sports career
Gibbs was a South Sydney junior but was graded by Eastern Suburbs during his final year at school. He returned to South Sydney and made his first-grade debut in 1978. Gibbs went on to captain the club and was named Dally M Second Rower of the Year in 1980.
Medical career
During the 1990s, he was a team doctor for Manly Warringah, New South Wales and the Australian Kangaroos. In 1990, it was Gibbs who made the decision, controversial at the time, to rule Wally Lewis unfit to play for the Kangaroos.{{cite book| author=Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson|title=The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players|year=2007|publisher=Gary Allen Pty Ltd|location=Wetherill Park, New South Wales|isbn=978-1-877082-93-1|pages=188}} Following the appointment of Chris Anderson as coach of the Kangaroos in 1999, Gibbs was replaced by then Canterbury doctor Hugh Hazard.{{cite news|format=fee required|publisher=AAP Sports News (Australia)|title=Gower report could lead to Barnhill's sacking|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-21477870.html|accessdate=2008-10-04|date=1999-04-25}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Gibbs continues to work in the rugby league arena and was also club doctor for the Sydney Swans where he was appointed Life Membership on 1 October 2010.{{cite news|author=Peter Jessup|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|title=Time for judiciary to grapple with dangerous tackles|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10533802|accessdate=2008-10-04|date=2008-09-24}}{{cite news|author=Jenny McAsey|publisher=Fox Sports News (Australia)|title=Swans draw on spirit of Kelly|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24327591-23211,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230085620/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24327591-23211,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-30|accessdate=2008-10-04|date=2008-09-11}} He was one of the inaugural Fellows of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians.
References
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External links
- [http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Nathan-Gibbs_3279.aspx Nathan Gibbs at Yesterday's Hero]
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Category:20th-century Australian medical doctors
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Category:Australian rugby league players
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Category:South Sydney Rabbitohs captains
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Category:University of New South Wales Medical School alumni