Shay Gibbons
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seamus Gibbons | ||
| Date of birth | May 19, 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin | ||
| Date of death | 9 June 2006 (aged 77) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dublin City | |||
| Home Farm | |||
| Bohemians U19 | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1947 | Bohemians | 2 | (0) |
| 1947–1950 | Whitehall Rangers | ||
| 1950–1957 | St Patrick's Athletic | 115 | (108) |
| 1957–1958 | Holyhead Town | ||
| 1958 | Cork Hibernians | 14 | (1) |
| 1958–1959 | Dundalk | 19 | (11) |
| National team | |||
| 195x–195x | League of Ireland XI | 9 | |
| 1952–1955 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Shay Gibbons (19 May 1929 – 9 June 2006 ) was a Republic of Ireland international footballer who played for several League of Ireland clubs in the 1950s, most notably St Patrick's Athletic. He was League of Ireland Top Scorer on three occasions in 1951–52, 1952–53 and 1955–56.
Gibbons was born in Dublin. His mother was from County Wicklow and his father came from County Kildare. His father and brothers had played Gaelic football at inter–county level. As a youth Gibbons was also a prominent Gaelic footballer. He captained Parnells in a Dublin Junior Football Championship final and was in the Parnells team that lost to St Vincents in the 1950 Dublin Senior Football Championship final. At 17 he was also selected as a substitute for the Dublin GAA senior panel.
As a schoolboy and youth Gibbons played association football for Dublin City U14s, Home Farm U16s and Bohemians U19. He also had a trial with Hull City. Gibbons initially played as a centre half, however in a youth trial game against a Liverpool FA XI he switched to centre-forward. Gibbons made his League of Ireland debut with Bohemians as a replacement for Mick O'Flanagan before joining Whitehall Rangers of the Athletic Union League and helping them win the Leinster Junior Cup.
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