Tom Niblo

{{short description|Scottish footballer and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tom Niblo

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| fullname = Thomas Bruce Niblo

| birth_date = 24 September 1878{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Andy |title=The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872–1939 |publisher=Amazon |year=2021 |isbn=9798513846642}}

| birth_place = Dunfermline, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age |1933|6|30|1878|9|24|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=Players – Morgan to Nyom |url=http://www.watfordfcarchive.co.uk/downloads/players/+Morgan-Nyom.pdf |access-date=19 July 2019 |website=Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 |page=31}}

| death_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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| position = {{ublist|Outside forward|Centre forward}}

| youthyears1 =

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1895

| clubs1 = Cadzow Oak

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| years2 = 1895–1896

| clubs2 = Hamilton Academical

| caps2 = 3

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1896–1898

| clubs3 = Linthouse

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1898–1902

| clubs4 = Newcastle United

| caps4 = 60

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1899

| clubs5 = → Middlesbrough (loan)

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1902–1904

| clubs6 = Aston Villa

| caps6 = 45

| goals6 = 9

| years7 = 1904–1906

| clubs7 = Nottingham Forest

| caps7 = 46

| goals7 = 10

| years8 = 1906–1907

| clubs8 = Watford

| caps8 = 30

| goals8 = 8

| years9 = 1907–1908

| clubs9 = Newcastle United

| caps9 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 1908

| clubs10 = Hebburn Argyle

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| years11 = 1908–1909

| clubs11 = Aberdeen

| caps11 = 15

| goals11 = 2

| years12 = 1909–1910

| clubs12 = Raith Rovers

| caps12 = 18

| goals12 = 2

| years13 = 1910–1911

| clubs13 = Cardiff City

| caps13 = 4

| goals13 = 0

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| clubs14 = Blyth Spartans

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| nationalyears1 = 1904

| nationalteam1 = Scotland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1908

| managerclubs1 = Hebburn Argyle (player-manager)

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Thomas Bruce Niblo (24 September 1878 – 30 June 1933) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward and forward.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=217}} He played the majority of his career in the Football League for Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Kenneth H. |title=Player Details {{!}} Thomas Bruce Niblo |url=http://www.toon1892.com/detail_player.php?id=569 |access-date=15 May 2015 |website=www.toon1892.com |publisher=Toon 1892}}{{Cite web |title=Niblo, Thomas Bruce D. (Tommy) (Tom) |url=http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/996.html |access-date=15 May 2015 |website=Aston Villa Player Database}} He also played in the Scottish and Southern Leagues and was capped once by Scotland at international level.{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}{{NFT player|63960|accessdate=19 July 2019}}{{Cite book |last=Paul Smith |title=Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013 |publisher=Pitch Publishing |year=2013 |page=230}}