Jackie Gibbons
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Henry Gibbons | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Fulham, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 July 1984 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Kingstonian | |||
| Uxbridge | |||
| 1937 | Hayes | 3 | (0) |
| 1937–1938 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | (13) |
| 1938–1939 | Brentford | 11 | (1) |
| 1939 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 1945–1947 | Bradford Park Avenue | 42 | (21) |
| 1947–1949 | Brentford | 56 | (16) |
| Total | 139 | (62) | |
| National team | |||
| 1938–1939 | England Amateurs | 6 | (6) |
| 1939 | The Football League XI | ||
| 1942 | England (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1949–1952 | Brentford | ||
| 1956 | Israel | ||
| 1956–1957 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| 1966–1967 | Kenya | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Albert Henry "Jackie" Gibbons (10 April 1914 – 4 July 1984) was an English professional footballer and manager who played in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Brentford and Bradford Park Avenue. He went on to manage in England, Israel and at international level.
A centre forward who remained an amateur for the first part of his career, Gibbons played for Athenian League sides Uxbridge and Hayes and Isthmian League side Kingstonian before joining Football League Second Division club Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 1937. He scored on his debut, netting in a 3–0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday on 16 September 1937. Gibbons made 36 appearances and scored 18 goals during the 1937–38 season, with 12 of his strikes coming in the form of four hattricks in consecutive games in December 1937 and January 1938. He joined First Division side Brentford in the summer of 1938, making 11 appearances and scoring one goal during a poor 1938–39 season for the Bees. Gibbons re-joined Spurs in 1939, but failed to make an appearance in his second spell with the White Hart Lane club.
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