Jimmy Gibb
Personal information
Full name James Gibb[1]
Date of birth (1912-05-06)6 May 1912[2]
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland[3]
Date of death 14 January 1958(1958-01-14) (aged 45)[3]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1937 Cliftonville
1937–1938 Linfield
International career
1935–1938 Ireland Amateurs 7 (3)
1936 Ireland (IFA) 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Gibb was a Northern Irish amateur footballer who played as an inside forward in the Irish League for Cliftonville and Linfield.[1] He scored on his only appearance for Ireland, in 3–2 win over Wales in March 1936.[4] Gibb was a standby member of Great Britain's 1936 Summer Olympics squad.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jimmy Gibb". nifootball.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Jimmy Gibb". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Jimmy Gibb". EU Football Info. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Gibb James Cliftonville 1936". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "NI footballer at 1936 Olympics". BBC News. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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